Article content

Ernest “Smokey” Smith was the last living Canadian recipient of the hallowed Victoria Cross.

The British Columbia native won the medal for action on a rainy night in October 1944 on Italy’s Savio River.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Fury over Google listing Khadr as a 'Canadian soldier' Back to video

Smith — armed with just a Tommy gun and an anti-tank gun — single-handedly knocked out a Panzer tank, killed a slew of Nazis, held off a force of 30 more while protecting a wounded comrade.

But if Smith looked at Google today, he would surely be rolling in his grave.

Under the search subject “Canadian soldier,” the crusty war hero would have found himself in the company of … Omar Khadr.

Khadr — who famously received $10 million from the Canadian government for being tortured in Guantanamo Bay — was a member of al-Qaida and admitted killing an American medic in Afghanistan.

Social media lit up in full-throated, red-faced rage.

Joining the chorus was Opposition leader Andrew Scheer.

He tweeted: “Omar Khadr is a convicted terrorist who murdered a medic and blinded another. He is not a victim, nor should he be portrayed in this way alongside real Canadian heroes. @googlecanada: fix this.”