{"id":2045476,"date":"2023-09-26T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-house-speaker-resigns-after-honoring-nazi\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:06:28","slug":"canadian-house-speaker-resigns-after-honoring-nazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-house-speaker-resigns-after-honoring-nazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian House Speaker resigns over Nazi tribute."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-house-speaker-resigns-after-honoring-nazi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2045476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Canadian\u2064 House Speaker Resigns Amid Controversy Over Honoring Nazi Veteran<\/h2>\n<p>Canadian House Speaker Anthony Rota resigned Tuesday amid a firestorm over a Nazi \u2062veteran\u200c guest who was honored as a \u201chero\u201d in parliament \u2063last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with\u2064 a heavy heart that I rise to inform members of my resignation as speaker\u200b of the House of Commons. It is my greatest honor as a parliamentarian to have been elected by you, my peers, to serve as \u2064the speaker of the House of \u2062Commons for the 43rd and 44th parliament,\u201d Rota began his remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN \u2014 Canadian speaker \u200bof the house Anthony Rota resigns in shame\u200b after he led a chorus of \u200capplause for a literal NAZI. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YhIwzLA50Y\">pic.twitter.com\/YhIwzLA50Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1706732768238223522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"1695740356.458599\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item c-virtual_list__item--initial-activeitem\" role=\"listitem\" aria-label=\"Tim Pearce. The Canadian parliament honored the former Nazi just days ahead of the celebration of Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in Judaism. At 7:59 AM.\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1695740356.458599\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered\" role=\"document\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Rota invited Yaroslav Hunka, 98, who was honored in\u2064 parliament just days ahead of the celebration of Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days \u2062in Judaism. Hunka received a standing ovation on Friday during a visit by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. At the session, House \u2063Speaker Anthony Rota introduced Hunka as a Ukrainian and Canadian war hero who fought for Ukrainian independence from \u200dthe Soviet Union in World War II.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What Rota left out\u2063 was that Hunka\u200d fought on\u2064 the side\u2063 of the Nazis, \u200dserving in the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier \u200bDivision, a volunteer division under\u2064 Nazi command. The unit \u2062is accused \u200cof killing Polish and Jewish \u200bcivilians, though it has not been convicted of crimes\u200d by \u200ca\u200d war tribunal, according to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-66919862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, it\u2019s extremely upsetting that this happened. The speaker has acknowledged his mistake and apologized, but this is something that is \u2064deeply embarrassing to the parliament of Canada and, by extension, to\u2064 all Canadians,\u201d Prime Minister \u200cJustin Trudeau told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to blame\u2064 Russian \u200cpropaganda for the oversight but did not\u2064 elaborate or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-now-more-armed-federal-bureaucrats-than-u-s-marines\/\" title=\"There Are Now More Armed Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines\">provide specific examples<\/a> \u200dof disinformation from foreign influences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be really important that all of us push back against Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation, \u200dand continue our steadfast, unequivocal support \u200dfor Ukraine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW \u2013 Justin Trudeau blames\u200b Russian propaganda for Canadian Parliament honoring a Nazi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, it&#8217;s extremely upsetting that this happened\u2026 this \u2062is something that is deeply embarrassing to\u2063 the Parliament of Canada\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be\u200d really important \u200dthat \u200call of us push\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zvk5ytkxmC\">pic.twitter.com\/Zvk5ytkxmC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat\u2062 (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1706391596869226981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rota faced\u200d numerous calls \u2062to resign following the scandal, according to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/25\/canada-veteran-nazi-ukraine-00118056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLITICO<\/a>. Rota acknowledged the mistake\u200c Sunday, though his apology did little to settle the storm against him. He continued overseeing proceedings in the\u2063 parliament on Monday \u2064during \u200ba session largely about him and \u200bthe\u2064 display that took place days prior.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>MPs across the Canadian political spectrum condemned the incident. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer blamed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-say-meena-harris-social-media-posts-could-interfere-with-u-s-diplomacy-with-india\/\" title=\"Officials say Meena Harris social media posts could interfere with U.S. diplomacy with India\">prime minister\u2019<\/a>s office for the\u200d fiasco, accusing it of failing to\u200c do \u201ca straightforward Google\u200d search\u201d on the veteran honored on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of message does that send to Canada\u2019s partners and\u2062 allies around the world?\u201d Scheer said on the floor of the House of Commons on Monday. \u201cThere was a Nazi \u200bin the Chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liberal House Leader Karina Gould, who is Jewish, condemned the display as \u201cdeeply embarrassing\u201d\u200c and \u201churtful.\u201d Gould said the incident should not be politicized and put all of the blame on Rota.<\/p>\n<p>Rota accepted \u201cfull responsibility\u201d\u200d and apologized\u2063 on Sunday \u2063for honoring Hunka, saying the speaker \u2062had\u200c \u201csubsequently become aware of more information\u201d about the honoree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u200dinitiative \u2063was entirely my\u2063 own,\u2063 the individual in question being from my riding [district] and having been brought to my attention,\u201d Rota said. \u201cI particularly want to extend my deepest\u2063 apologies to Jewish communities in\u200d Canada and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Thing\u2064 that is deeply embarrassing to the \u200bparliament of Canada and, by extension, to all Canadians,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I think it&#8217;s going to be \u2063really important that all of us \u2064push back against Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation, and continue our \u200dsteadfast, unequivocal support for Ukraine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2> What steps is\u2063 the parliament of Canada taking to\u200d address the embarrassment caused\u200c by\u2062 Russian interference and disinformation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  I can provide some general information on the topic. However, it&#8217;s important to note that my knowledge might not be up-to-date as the steps taken by \u200cthe Parliament of Canada can vary over time. <\/p>\n<p>To address Russian interference and disinformation, the Parliament of Canada has taken several \u200bsteps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Passing legislations: The Parliament has enacted laws to enhance cybersecurity\u2063 and protect \u2062against foreign interference. For example, the \u200bSecurity of Canada Information Sharing Act allows \u2064government institutions\u200b to exchange information related to security threats, including\u2063 foreign interference.<\/p>\n<p>2. Strengthening electoral integrity: The Parliament has focused on \u2062protecting Canada&#8217;s electoral system from foreign interference. The \u2063Elections Modernization Act provides more robust measures to prevent foreign involvement in elections, \u200bincluding mandatory disclosure of political advertising on digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u200bEstablishing committees: Parliamentary committees, such as the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations, have been formed to examine issues related to foreign interference and \u2064disinformation. These committees conduct inquiries, gather evidence, and make recommendations for action.<\/p>\n<p>4. Enhancing intelligence capabilities: The Parliament has allocated resources to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-green-commerce-nominee-should-commit-to-keeping-huawai-on-blacklist\/\" title=\"Rep. Green: Commerce Nominee Should Commit to Keeping Huawai on Blacklist\">national security agencies<\/a>\u2063 and intelligence services. This enables them \u2062to monitor, analyze, and respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-house-speaker-resigns-after-honoring-nazi\/\" title=\"Canadian House Speaker resigns over Nazi tribute.\">foreign interference threats effectively<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>5. Collaboration with international allies: Canada\u2063 collaborates\u2063 with its international partners, particularly Five Eyes alliance members \u200c(Australia,\u2063 New Zealand, the United\u2062 Kingdom, and the\u200d United States), to share information and coordinate efforts in countering Russian interference and disinformation campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>These steps aim to address the challenges posed by Russian interference and disinformation, safeguard Canada&#8217;s democratic processes, and protect the integrity of public\u200d discourse.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian House Speaker Anthony Rota stepped down due to controversy surrounding the recognition of a Nazi veteran as a &#8220;hero&#8221; in parliament. With regret, I announce my resignation as speaker of the House of Commons. 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