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Speaker's Nazi veteran invite 'profoundly embarrassing' Trudeau says, as Rota faces calls to resign (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Tensions flared in the House of Commons on Monday over opposition calls for House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to resign after apologizing to the House of Commons for inviting, recognizing and leading the chamber in a standing ovation for a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.

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[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

This seems as good a place as any to say that I've seen actual Parliamentary-minded people (Kady O'Malley, for one) point out that it would actually be inappropriate for the government to have any say in who the Speaker invites to the HoC. This is something that Andrew Scheer, as a former Speaker himself, knows.

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Regardless, if Rota or anyone on his staff had done two minutes of research on the guy, I'm pretty sure he would have not invited him to HoC.

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think he should definitely step down as Speaker.

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