Written by: Aidan Jonah

Conservative MP Tom Kmiec let the rabbit out of the hat when speaking to the Toronto Star, openly admitting that NATO is using Ukraine in a proxy war against Russia.

Kmiec, a member the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, said that in trying to justify financial and military support given to Ukraine by Canada, he tries to “make the case that”:

"They're [Ukraine] basically fighting it ['a battle the West has been preparing for since the Cold War'] on our behalf."... "And they're not asking us to send troops".

Kmiec also acknowledges that this is a battle the West has been “preparing for since the Cold War”, first with the USSR and then with Russia. The admissions were prompted by Conservative MPs hearing from constituents who oppose further aid to Ukraine.

Ivan Katchanovski, a Political Science professor at the University of Ottawa, said “Such statements by a growing number of Western politicians represent an admission that the Ukraine war is a proxy war between the West and Russia”. Katchanovski says he sees Russia as having “illegally invaded Ukraine in 2022”.

Kmiec’s moment of truth comes amidst growing concerns of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and his Liberals about signs of a breakdown in the cross-partisan Canadian consensus for support to Ukraine.

Glenn Michalchuk, President of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians, isn’t surprised by MP Kmiec’s remarks. Michalchuk said:

“Before the war broke out in February 2022, the Canadian Parliament was stumping for war with Russia. Parliament was motivated by Cold War animosities and ideology. In this it was fueled by the ideology of a section of the Ukrainian diaspora that longed for war with Russia.

All of this led Canada to take the path of escalation in that critical period when diplomacy could have averted war and saved Ukraine.”

A small number of Canadians have consistently argued that this is a NATO proxy war, while also opposing the waste of taxpayer dollars. The Canadian government seeks to refute this by claiming “Russian disinformation” campaigns surrounding criticism of the proxy war. It’s doubtful that they can “Russian disinformation” their way out of Kmiec’s admissions, if these become known by more Canadians.

Kmiec's office did not respond to The Canada Files’ request for comment.

NATO politicians admit Ukraine is fighting on the West’s behalf

The loss of life in Ukraine, over the process of Russia’s SMO, has been horrific. Nearly 500 000 Ukrainian soldiers are dead, millions of civilians have had to flee their homes, and Ukraine has seen a 300 000 person increase in Ukrainians with disabilities. The deaths inflicted on the people of the Donbass by the Ukrainian army from 2014 to 2022, after declaring themselves independent states, should be acknowledged as well.

The Press Office of Russia’s embassy in Canada says “Canada’s current cabinet, as part of the collective West, at the U.S. behest, is waging a hybrid proxy war against Russia - at the expense of Ukrainian citizens,” with the objective “to inflict on Russia a geostrategic defeat and to take on the rest of the world to ensure the preservation of an American-centered order.”

The utilization of Ukraine as a NATO proxy against Russia, as evidenced by the stats, have been utterly devastating for the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian people have been led to the slaughterhouse.

Katchanovski said “The Western governments use Ukraine as a proxy to weaken and contain Russia. Since chances of Ukraine defeating Russia are close to zero, Ukrainians are paying very high price in terms of lives, devastation, and their future.”

Yet, Canadian MP Kmiec’s admission of NATO’s proxy war using Ukraine, is far from the first by a Western lawmaker.

This year, US Senator Lindsey Graham said “The Russians are dying”, and slightly later, that Ukraine aid was the best money ever spent by the US. US Senator Mitt Romney said that the spend of “less five per cent of the military budget” while “we’re [the USA] losing no lives in Ukraine”, praising the US’ ramping up to Ukraine post-SMO’s beginning. Romney was clearly focused on tackling the long-term ‘China threat’ by ‘defeating’ Russia.

Former US Vice President Mike Pence said the importance of the US military support to Ukraine, was in seeking to avoid a US war with Russia. Why a Russian military victory would make the US go to war wasn’t explained. But Pence very clearly explained the US government doctrine for a proxy war, saying:

“he was a supporter of Ronald Reagan's doctrine that "if you’re willing to fight the enemies of the United States on your soil, we’ll give you the means to fight them there so our men and women in uniform don’t have to fight them."

Michalchuk said:

“As President of the AUUC I have repeatedly condemned the actions of the Canadian government in its support for NATOs war against Russia using Ukraine and its people as the battleground. MP Tom Kmiec's remarks are not surprising and reflect the general attitude in the House of Commons and across party lines.”

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian counteroffensive has completely failed, and they are being pushed back slowly but surely.

Ukraine is led to the slaughter in an attempt to ‘send a message’ to China and weaken Russia, so fanatical US politicians don’t feel the need to launch a war on Russia, should it defeat Ukraine.

The Russian embassy in Canada’s press office says that “The complete demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is the only way to stop this conflict. The regime in Kiev must surrender and let the peoples of Ukraine decide their fate.”

“After the war broke out, Canada eschewed the need for descalation, ceasefire and negotiations and poured weapons and money into the war. It has done so to this day resulting in the destruction of Ukraine,” said Michalchuk.

The Ukrainian people are suffering deeply, while members of their government and military apparatus pocket part of Western aid, while Zelensky and his entourage personally have stolen more than $400 million alone. The US/NATO doesn’t care about this, as long as they can use Ukraine as a proxy against Russia.

To see the Ukrainian people’s true enemy, don’t look northward, look to the West.

Full comments of those quoted

“Such statements by a growing number of Western politicians represent an admission that the Ukraine war is a proxy war between the West and Russia, in addition to an interstate war between Russia, which illegally invaded Ukraine in 2022, and Ukraine and continuation of the civil war with pro-Russian separatists in Donbas. The Western governments use Ukraine as a proxy to weaken and contain Russia. Since chances of Ukraine defeating Russia are close to zero, Ukrainians are paying very high price in terms of lives, devastation, and their future.”

Ivan Katchanovski, Political Science professor at the University of Ottawa

“Such statements by Canadian MPs are not new to Russia or the rest of the world. Canada’s current cabinet, as part of the collective West, at the U.S. behest, is waging a hybrid proxy war against Russia - at the expense of Ukrainian citizens. The objective is to inflict on Russia a geostrategic defeat and to take on the rest of the world to ensure the preservation of an American-centered order. The U.S. and its allies' neo-colonial ambitions have resulted in the deaths of the hundreds of thousands. The complete demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is the only way to stop this conflict. The regime in Kiev must surrender and let the peoples of Ukraine decide their fate.”

Press Office of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada

“As President of the AUUC I have repeatedly condemned the actions of the Canadian government in its support for NATOs war against Russia using Ukraine and its people as the battleground. MP Tom Kmiec's remarks are not surprising and reflect the general attitude in the House of Commons and across party lines.

Before the war broke out in February 2022, the Canadian Parliament was stumping for war with Russia. Parliament was motivated by Cold War animosities and ideology. In this it was fueled by the ideology of a section of the Ukrainian diaspora that longed for war with Russia.

All of this led Canada to take the path of escalation in that critical period when diplomacy could have averted war and saved Ukraine.

After the war broke out, Canada eschewed the need for descalation, ceasefire and negotiations and poured weapons and money into the war. It has done so to this day resulting in the destruction of Ukraine.

The NDP and Green Party leaders have failed to be the voice of reason and sanity, and have bought fully into the war narrative engineered by Zelensky, the U.S. and NATO.

No doubt there are MPs of good conscience on all sides of the House but until now they have been silenced by the McCarthyite atmosphere that prevails around this war ie) "if you call for peace you are a tool of Russia".

The debacle of Parliament's honouring a Nazi shows how MPs have been turned into automatons by this new Cold War McCarthyism - they simply had to hear that he fought against Russia and that was good enough for them.

Now is the time for all people of good conscience to speak the truth and end this war. Whether any MP has the courage to do so remains to be seen.”

Glenn Michalchuk, President of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians

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Aidan Jonah is the Editor-in-Chief of The Canada Files, a socialist, anti-imperialist news outlet founded in 2019. Jonah has broken numerous stories, including how the Canadian Armed Forces trained neo-Nazi "journalist" Roman Protasevich while he was with the Azov Battalion, and how a CIA front group (the NED) funded the group (URAP) which drove the "Uyghur genocide" vote in parliament to pass in February 2021. Jonah recently wrote a report for the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council, held in September 2021.

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