Trudeau Apologizes After Canadian Parliament Honors Ukrainian WWII Veteran Who Fought For Nazis
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for Canadian parliament honoring a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit during WWII.
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Speaker Anthony Rota, who invited the 98-year-old veteran Yaroslav Hunka, resigned over the incident.
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Hunka received a standing ovation in parliament, which was attended by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Trudeau said honoring Hunka was a "horrendous violation" of the memory of Holocaust victims.
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Jewish groups welcomed Rota's resignation but said questions remain about how this happened.
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