Canadian House Speaker Resigns After Introducing Former Nazi SS Member as 'Hero'

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.

Jewish groups expressed outrage over the introduction, as Hunka was part of a volunteer Nazi unit during WWII that declared allegiance to Hitler.

Rota apologized over the weekend and again before resigning, saying the House was above any individual.

Opposition leaders blamed Prime Minister Trudeau's government for not vetting the guests, but the Speaker controls guests independently.

The incident played into Russian propaganda about neo-Nazis in Ukraine's government, given the WWII history of Ukrainian nationalist groups aligned with Nazis.