Trudeau apologizes for "terrible error" after Nazi WWII veteran honoured in Parliament | FULL

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered an apology during question period in the House of Commons Wednesday, admitting to his government's "terrible error" in not only allowing a Second World War veteran, who fought for a Nazi unit, to sit in Parliament on Friday, but in the House rising to honour him, too.

Trudeau's statement comes a day after House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota announced his resignation amid the international controversy. Rota called out 98-year-old Hunka Yaroslav, by name, and paid tribute him — prompting supposedly "unaware" MPs to applaud and cheer for the Nazi.

"All of us who were in this House on Friday regret deeply having stood and clapped even though we did so unaware of the context," Trudeau said.

Senior Liberals, the NDP, the Bloc Québécois and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre all urged Trudeau to apologize for this "embarrassment" and for Rota to resign after he invited Hunka during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Ottawa.

“I must step down as your Speaker. I reiterate my profound regret for my error in recognizing an individual in the House,” Rota said in his Tuesday remarks. “That public recognition has caused pain to individuals and communities, including the Jewish community in Canada and around the world, in addition to survivors of Nazi atrocities in Poland, among other nations. I accept full responsibility for my actions.”

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