EDITORIAL – How a standing O in Parliament has humiliated our country
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger.
THE ROAD TO HELL is paved with good intentions. Nobody knows it better right now than Anthony Rota.
As House Speaker he presided over the welcome for Volodomyr Zelensky when the Ukrainian president spoke to a joint session of Parliament. He thought it would be a nice touch to introduce 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a resident of his constituency and a man who fought the Russian army for a Ukrainian division in the Second World War.
So, the entire Parliament stood and applauded him. Members of all parties applauded. Zelensky applauded. But if Rota had looked deeper, he would have discovered that Hunka’s division was under the command of the German Nazis.
So, as of the end of today, he will no longer hold the prestigious position of Speaker of the House, having resigned. He has done the right thing after having done the wrong thing.
This terrible mistake has created a devastating international humiliation for Hunka’s adopted country, handed the Russian tyrant Putin a propaganda victory, and put egregious hurt on Jews around the world. (Let’s remember that Zelensky is, himself, a Jew.)
Mel Rothenburger is a regular contributor to CFJC Today, publishes the ArmchairMayor.ca opinion website, and is a recipient of the Jack Webster Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. He has served as mayor of Kamloops, school board chair and TNRD director, and is a retired daily newspaper editor. He can be reached at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.
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Mary is a real historian. History repeats. Thank HOD, or whatever, that we have the open learning of the internet. So far, there is no limit to human stupidity, yet we have compassion and forgiveness. There is hope. Forget not, there are sick people manipulating others because they are sick. Only cure–Critical Thinking–this means that we have to question every thought that we have and throw it out if it is not true. FORGIVENESS, powerful.
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They all applauded and no one clued in that fighting against Russia during WW2 would’ve been fighting with the WRONGEST side of it all…I am sort of speechless right now…
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