Canada's House speaker is facing growing calls to resign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also being blamed after Parliament honored a Nazi fighter.
Addressing the incident on camera to a reporter, Trudeau acknowledged it was"embarrassing," but also separately warned against Russian propaganda and"disinformation."
Peter Julian, the New Democratic Party House leader, and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet both said Rota should step down. Anthony Rota, the speaker of the House of Commons, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.House government leader Karina Gould said the incident"hurt all of us in Parliament."
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