Canadian speaker apologises after ovations for man who fought for Nazis

Yaroslav Hunka, right, received a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press/AP)

The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons Anthony Rota has issued an apology days after he drew attention to a man who fought in a military unit under the Nazis in the Second World War.

Yaroslav Hunka, 98, received two standing ovations from Canadian MPs in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish and lost relatives in the Holocaust.