A public hearing has been approved to look into how a Canadian man who fought in a Nazi unit in the Second World War was given a hero’s welcome in Parliament.
The Procedure and House Affairs Committee agreed to the probe on Tuesday, according to minutes of a closed meeting obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, “given the hurt and international embarrassment created by allowing a former soldier of a Nazi military unit in World War II to attend and be recognized during the President of Ukraine’s special address to Parliament on September 22.”
The committee studies and reports on the rules and practices of the House and its committees, electoral matters, questions of privilege, MP conflicts of interest, internal administration of the House, and services and facilities for MPs.
Liberal MPs had voted against the investigation.
MP Anthony Rota, who resigned as House Speaker over the incident on Sept. 26, will not be summoned.
The committee will instead question Parliament Hill police and protocol officers, the House Sergeant At Arms, staff from the Prime Minister’s Office and Privy Council, and executives with the Ukrainian Canadian and Canadian Polish Congresses. (more...)
Public hearings to probe hero's welcome for man who fought in Nazi unit: Report
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