House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota will address Parliament Monday — the day after apologizing for inviting a Ukrainian war veteran who fought in a Nazi-aligned unit to Ottawa for a speech.
Rota invited Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian who now lives in North Bay, Ont., to witness Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's address to Parliament on Friday.
CBC News reported Sunday that Hunka fought in the 1st Galician division, a branch of Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS, in the Second World War.In a decade-old article in a Ukrainian-language magazine, Hunka recounts his time in the division. A request for comment to Hunka and his relatives went unanswered. Hunka has previously said he fought for Ukrainian independence during his war service.WATCH: House Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought with Nazi unit2:20
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