Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally apologized after former Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present.
Trudeau also revealed that the Canadian government had already reached out to Kyiv and Zelenskyy via diplomatic channels to apologize.
Anthony Rota, who publicly praised veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the House and called him a hero recently, resigned as Speaker and said he bore sole responsibility for what happened. Hunka was a Polish-born Ukrainian who served in one of Adolf Hitler’s Waffen SS units during World War Two. He later recolated to Canada.
Russia says the incident supports its assertion that the war in Ukraine aims to “denazify” the country, a charge Ukraine and Western allies say is baseless.
While addressing the house recently, Trudeau said: “On behalf of all of us in this House, I would like to present unreserved apologies for what took place on Friday and to President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian delegation for the position they were put i.
“For all of us who were present to have unknowingly recognized this individual was a terrible mistake and a violation of the memory of those who suffered grievously at the hands of the Nazi regime.”
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