Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized in Parliament on Wednesday for praising a Nazi soldier. Let us tell you that the Speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi soldier in the chamber, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was present. Trudeau also said word of the apology had already reached Kiev and Zelensky through diplomatic channels.
Let us tell you that Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota had publicly called veteran Yaroslav Hanka a hero in the House last Friday. However, on Tuesday, Speaker Rota resigned from the post of Speaker of the House and said that he was fully responsible for whatever happened. In fact, Hunka (98) was a Polish-born Ukrainian who served in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS units during World War II. Later he went to Canada.
PM Trudeau apologized
PM Trudeau said in the House on Wednesday that on behalf of all of us in this House, I want to apologize unconditionally to President Zelensky and the Ukrainian delegation for what happened on Friday and the situation in which they were placed. All of us present there had unknowingly made a big mistake in identifying this person.
Condemnation of nazism
The Kremlin had said earlier in the day that the entire Canadian Parliament should publicly condemn Nazism. Trudeau said in earlier remarks to reporters that it is extremely disturbing to think what Ukraine is fighting for. This serious mistake is being politicized by Russia and its supporters to spread false propaganda about it.
Not the responsibility of Liberal government: Trudeau
Hunka lives in the parliamentary constituency of Rota. Trudeau said the Liberal government has no responsibility to investigate who the speaker has invited. The opposition says that PM Trudeau was responsible for what happened, because he had invited Zelensky to address the Canadian Parliament and accused him of negligence.
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