Rota was responding to condemnation from Jewish groups and others stemming from a moment during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Parliament on Friday. During the visit, Rota said Yaroslav Hunka was "a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service."
"I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to [honour Hunka]. I wish to make clear that no one, including fellow parliamentarians and the Ukraine delegation, was aware of my intention or of my remarks before I delivered them," Rota said.
"I particularly want to extend my deepest apologies to Jewish communities in Canada and around the world," he added.
Jewish groups and others had raised the alarm about Hunka's past actions.
"The fact that this individual, and by proxy the organization he was a member of, was given a standing ovation in the House of Commons is deeply troubling," Dan Panneton, a director with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, told CBC News on Sunday.
This is too funny. You have a Jew in Zelensky along with an overwhelmingly Zionist leadership of the US on one side and then other Jewish groups condemn the grunts for being Nazis.
During the visit, Rota said Yaroslav Hunka was "a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service."
"I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to [honour Hunka].
The really damning part here is that he's admitting to saying such glowing praise to someone despite not knowing anything about that. That's typical scummy politician fare, but it's hilarious that he's out and admitting it here.
Also, the whole thing is amazing. They were cheering on this man for fighting the Russians...in World War II. No one, no one caught on to the finer details here? They gave him not one, but two standing ovations. Again...for fighting the Russians...in WW2. Too damn funny.
Now, look, the Russians were utter bastards at the time. But they were still Allies, so fighting against them still has some, uh, implications.
Perhaps. Not making an argument one way or the other, and it doesn't really matter in this context. Point is, someone should have caught on to what this logically meant, and I doubt the people cheering would agree that they fought the wrong enemy. Heck, they're the ones who like to call everyone else Nazis, and use it as one of the worst insults and condemnations they can muster.
No, that's infantile. The US did not care about the political systems, it cared about the fact that Germany was on the verge of reaching regional hegemony in Europe.
This is too funny. You have a Jew in Zelensky along with an overwhelmingly Zionist leadership of the US on one side and then other Jewish groups condemn the grunts for being Nazis.
The really damning part here is that he's admitting to saying such glowing praise to someone despite not knowing anything about that. That's typical scummy politician fare, but it's hilarious that he's out and admitting it here.
Also, the whole thing is amazing. They were cheering on this man for fighting the Russians...in World War II. No one, no one caught on to the finer details here? They gave him not one, but two standing ovations. Again...for fighting the Russians...in WW2. Too damn funny.
Now, look, the Russians were utter bastards at the time. But they were still Allies, so fighting against them still has some, uh, implications.
We fought the wrong enemy.
- General Patton
and then the traitors that he worked for had him killed.
Perhaps. Not making an argument one way or the other, and it doesn't really matter in this context. Point is, someone should have caught on to what this logically meant, and I doubt the people cheering would agree that they fought the wrong enemy. Heck, they're the ones who like to call everyone else Nazis, and use it as one of the worst insults and condemnations they can muster.
No, that's infantile. The US did not care about the political systems, it cared about the fact that Germany was on the verge of reaching regional hegemony in Europe.