Prime Minister Extended Invitation to Nazi Unit Veteran for Zelensky’s Official Welcoming Event

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended an invitation to Yaroslav Hunka, the veteran of the Ukrainian Waffen-SS who was applauded in the House of Commons during Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Sept. 22 visit, for a reception celebrating the Ukrainian President later that evening. During a parliamentary session coinciding with President Zelensky’s visit, Mr. Hunka, who previously served in the Waffen-SS, a Nazi-led unit known for its involvement in numerous Second World War atrocities, was lauded with applause by the attending MPs. Mr. Hunk was a constituent of Liberal MP Anthony Rota, the Speaker of the House at the time who had extended the invitation to Mr. Hunka and praised him as both a “Ukrainian and Canadian hero.”...