Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was given a standing ovation after being singled out by speaker Anthony Rota during President Zelenskyy's visit to Ottawa. It later emerged Hunka had fought for a Nazi unit in Ukraine in World War Two.
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00:00 The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons has resigned after inviting a Ukrainian man who
00:07 fought for a Nazi unit to Parliament and praising him.
00:13 That public recognition has caused pain to individuals and communities, including the
00:18 Jewish community in Canada and around the world, in addition to survivors of Nazi atrocities
00:23 in Poland, among other nations. I accept full responsibility for my actions.
00:30 The scandal began last week when lawmakers in Canada's Parliament welcomed the Ukrainian
00:38 President Volodymyr Zelensky. Following a speech by Zelensky, Antony Rotor singled out
00:44 98-year-old Yaroslav Honka, whom he'd invited to sit in the public gallery, describing the
00:50 man as a Canadian hero. But over the weekend, it emerged that Honka had been a member of
00:55 a brutal volunteer unit that was under the command of the Nazis. Prime Minister Justin
01:00 Trudeau has called the Speaker's invitation "deeply embarrassing" to Parliament and to
01:05 all Canadians.
01:07 The President's Address to the Jewish Community in Canada.
01:09 [SWOOSH]