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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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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[-] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

What this guy did is irrelevant to the question whether he should be honoured in parliament due to his past as a member of the SS. Because he was not found guilty of war crimes that's why he's allowed to live peacefully here in Canada till this day. However, to be honoured in the parliament there has to be evidence of him done overwhelming good. Not committing war crimes as a former Nazi does not meet that threshold for him to be there.

You don't need to convince me that not all members of the Nazi party are necessarily evil, I never said they are and I don't care. The question at hand here is whether the individual should be honoured by Canada as a nation.

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