On December 13, 2002, Ahenakew gave a speech to an FSIN group, which was attended by James Parker, a reporter from the "Saskatoon StarPhoenix". He made references to "goddamn immigrants" in Canada during his speech. During a question-and-answer session following his lecture, Ahenakew said that Jews were a disease in Germany and that Hitler was trying to "clean up Europe" when he "fried six million of those guys." He also stated that Israel and the United States (specifically mentioning George W. Bush) were going to start the next world war.