Trudeau Apologizes on Behalf of Canada's House for Inviting Ukrainian Nazi Collaborator Hunka
19:19 GMT 27.09.2023 (Updated: 07:28 GMT 07.02.2024)
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WASHINGTON, September 27 (Sputnik) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on behalf of the House of Commons (HoC) to Volodymyr Zelensky and his delegation over the "position they were put in" by giving a standing ovation to Nazi collaborator Yaroslav Hunka at the Canadian parliament.
Trudeau in his address to the Parliament of Canada apologized for the scandal with the Ukrainian Nazi collaborator who fought in the ranks of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Nazi SS during the Second World War: his presence at the meeting was a terrible mistake, it is a shame for the Parliament and Canada, but the situation will not affect the continuation of support for Ukraine.
That being said, Trudeau refused to accept his responsibility for the presence of the Nazi collaborator during the Canadian parliament session, instead blaming the speaker who had resigned.
"Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all of us in this House I would like to present unreserved apologies for what took place on Friday, and to President Zelensky and the Ukrainian delegation for the position they were put in. For all of us who were present to have unknowingly recognized this individual was a terrible mistake and a violation of the memory of those who suffered grievously at the hands of the Nazi regime," Trudeau said at the HoC daily debate.
26 September 2023, 17:52 GMT
The apologies came in response to a question by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on whether Trudeau would take personal responsibility and apologize on behalf of himself for the global shame brought upon Canada.
