Canadian House Speaker Resigns After Introducing Former Nazi SS Member as 'Hero'
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Anthony Rota, Speaker of Canada's House of Commons, resigned after introducing 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka as a "hero", who had served in a Nazi SS unit.
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Jewish groups expressed outrage over the introduction, as Hunka was part of a volunteer Nazi unit during WWII that declared allegiance to Hitler.
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Rota apologized over the weekend and again before resigning, saying the House was above any individual.
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Opposition leaders blamed Prime Minister Trudeau's government for not vetting the guests, but the Speaker controls guests independently.
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The incident played into Russian propaganda about neo-Nazis in Ukraine's government, given the WWII history of Ukrainian nationalist groups aligned with Nazis.