OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects that House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is reflecting on how to maintain dignity in the chamber ahead of a meeting later today with all party House leaders.
Trudeau says it is good that Rota apologized to Parliament for inviting and recognizing in the House a Ukraine military veteran now living in Canada who had served in a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
All members of Parliament stood and applauded 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka last Friday during the official visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, without knowing the details of his past.Rota is to meet with House leaders at noon today after both the NDP and Bloc Québécois called for him to resign on Monday.
The Conservatives say Trudeau is throwing Rota under the bus and that the prime minister should take responsibility for the invitation.
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