OTTAWA — Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been suspended and military police are investigating after a video surfaced showing a group of people giving Nazi salutes.

The commander of the army, Lieutenant-General Michael Wright, says he is “deeply disturbed and profoundly disappointed” by the video’s contents, and that such hateful conduct is “completely unacceptable.”

Wright says a member of the public shared the video with the military, which shows at least seven individuals, five of whom have been identified as serving members of the Canadian Army.

The video footage was taken in 2023 and also shows an individual performing drill in front of a Quebec regimental flag and “consuming a substance.”

Wright says he learned about it about two weeks ago, and quickly referred the

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