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Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Karina Gould rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.Photo by Justin Tang /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The Liberals on Monday sought to erase from the record of the House of Commons the celebration of Nazi unit soldier Yaroslav Hunka, 98, during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit last Friday.
Government House leader Karina Gould stood on Monday to seek unanimous consent to adopt a motion calling to strike “from the appendix of the House of Commons debates” and from “any House multimedia recording” the recognization made by Speaker Anthony Rota of Hunka, whom he described as “a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero.”
“It would be absolutely wrong to strike what was said from the record. It goes without saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. What happened on Friday was shameful and brought embarrassment to this chamber,” said Conservative MP Marty Morantz.
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Added Thornhill Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman in a post to social-media site X (formerly Twitter): “I’m glad I wasn’t there to witness this pathetic display, today.”
Rota has apologized, but is now facing calls for his resignation by two of the four recognized parties in the House since it was revealed that Hunka served in the First Ukrainian Division — also known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division or the SS 14th Waffen Division — which was a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis during the Second World War.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that this moment, which led to a standing ovation by Zelenskyy and himself but also by all MPs and dignitaries in the galleries, was “deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and, by extension, to all Canadians.”
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