Canada’s House speaker resigns after inviting man who fought for a Nazi unit

The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has resigned after inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during the Second World War to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president.

Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him.