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Speaker's Nazi veteran invite 'profoundly embarrassing' Trudeau says, as Rota faces calls to resign

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Speaker's Nazi veteran invite 'profoundly embarrassing' Trudeau says, as Rota faces calls to resign

Tensions flared in the House of Commons on Monday over opposition calls for House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to resign after apologizing to the House of Commons for inviting, recognizing and leading the chamber in a standing ovation for a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.

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  • did we break some political mirror or something? how are we constantly stumbling over ourselves

  • Nobody did a check on this old dude? How embarrassing, our enemies love these kind of amateur mistakes.

    • This is embarrassing. Russia is already taking advantage of it.

      Russia blasts Canada over 'outrageous' reception in Parliament for Ukrainian who served in Nazi unit

      https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6977248

      • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov castigated Canada for 'sloppiness of memory'

        Peskov is (ugh) right. How oblivious do you have to be to not clue in when this guy is announced as having fought against the Russians in WW2? Unless he's Finnish (which he is not), which side do you think that puts him on?

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