BBC News
By Nadine Yousif
September 25, 2023
The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota, has apologised for praising a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi unit during World War Two.
Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was sitting in the gallery and got a standing ovation in parliament after Mr Rota said he was a “hero” during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Canadian Jewish group CIJA said it was “deeply troubled” that a former member of a Nazi division that participated in the genocide of Jews had been celebrated.