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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Poland fought and lost against the Russians in WW2. Are they Nazis?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of them undeniably were.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_in_German-occupied_Poland

But that's beyond the point, Poland and Finland are corner cases. The guy is Ukrainian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He lived in Polish Ukraine at the time. Still not excusing fighting for the Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Whenever I think of a country that would have a loving relationship with the Nazis, it would be poland.

For anyone that has a hard time understanding sarcasm, that was extremely sarcastic.