Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first....
Newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus smiles in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus, center, is escorted into the House of Commons by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
The election was triggered by the resignation of Anthony Rota, who stepped down last week after he invited — and honored — a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke before the Canadian parliament last month, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Rota drew attention to him. Rota introduced Hunka as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division.Observers later began to publicize the fact that the First Ukrainian Division also was known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division, a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis.
“The speaker, to use the old hockey analogy, is nothing more than a referee,” Fergus said in his first speech from the chair. “And if there’s one thing I know, it’s that nobody pays good money to go see the referee. They go to see the stars: you.”
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