House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is facing calls to resign, after apologizing to the House of Commons for inviting, recognizing, and leading the chamber in a standing ovation for a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is facing calls to resign after apologizing to the House of Commons for inviting, recognizing and leading the chamber in a standing ovation for a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
Government House Leader Karina Gould then rose to call for the record of the recognition to be stricken from Parliament's record.Going a step further, NDP House Leader Peter Julian called Rota's error "unforgiveable," and put the entire House of Commons in "disrespect" and "disrepute." "We have here in the chamber today a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today even at his age of 98," Rota said on Friday. "I am very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming. He is a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service. Thank you.
The PMO said Trudeau did not attend any reception on the Hill, and to his office's knowledge, there was no reception, noting a photo circulating of Hunka waiting in a reception hall, appears to have been taken in the Speaker's office, not Trudeau's. "Canada's Jewish community stands firmly with Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression. But we can't stay silent when crimes committed by Ukrainians during the Holocaust are whitewashed," CIJA said.indicating they were not aware of Hunka's history when attention was drawn to him in the House on Friday.
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