Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Apologizes for Honoring Ukrainian Nazi Soldier in Parliament

2023-09-28 21:38:42

Friday Sep 29, 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized for honoring a Ukrainian who participated in the genocide of Jews as part of Hitler’s Nazi army in World War II in Ottawa. Speaker Antony Rota had resigned the other day after taking the blame for the incident which the opposition criticized as the biggest diplomatic humiliation in the country’s history. Trudeau told the media that the incident brought shame to Canada and Parliament. ‘Even though they don’t know the historical background, the members of the congregation stand up and applaud when Hunka came. Trudeau said the action in Parliament was an insult to the religious and sexual minorities who were killed in the Holocaust and deeply wounded the memory of the people. This is the first response to the incident. Members of Parliament stood up to honor Yaroslav Hunka, a former Nazi soldier who accompanied Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read on deshabhimani.com