The dam has broken: Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Prime Minister Karina Gould openly called for the resignation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, who is now being driven into a corner.
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After “embarrassing” “Canadians” and the “House of Commons” with last Friday’s “totally unacceptable” episode, Ms. Joly believes President Rota has no choice but to “listen to MPs and resign.” . .
“I think there is no other alternative and I think it is the right thing to do,” she said Tuesday morning at the entrance to the Council of Ministers in Ottawa.
She claimed to have spoken to her “Ukrainian colleagues” about this monumental mistake, without revealing further details.
· Listen to the interview with Peter Julian, MP for New Westminster-Burnaby for the NDP, who is also calling for the resignation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, on Alexandre Dubé’s show QUB radio :
Recall that at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a 98-year-old Nazi veteran of Ukrainian origin was applauded during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the House of Representatives. Yaroslav Hunka comes from M. Rota County, Nipissing-Timiskaming.
The government’s parliamentary leader, herself of Jewish descent, Karina Gould, claimed she had not “seen” how “he would win the support of Liberal MPs” and that she “believes it is time for him to do the honorable thing.” allow.”
· Hear Jean-François Lisée return to the ovation of this Nazi veteran at Richard Martineau’s microphone QUB radio:
“Based on the events of last Friday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives made his sole decision not only to invite someone who fought in the Waffen-SS, but also to recognize him in the chamber during the Speaker’s visit to Ukraine, without the government “It’s painful but also shameful for Parliament and Canadians,” Ms. Gould said Tuesday.
This is a development from the Government’s position yesterday: Ms Gould did not go so far as to call for the President’s resignation, despite the seriousness of the error.
Moments earlier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not gone as far as his minister, merely pointing out that it was a very embarrassing moment for Canada.
At the initiative of the Bloc Québécois, a meeting between the parliamentary leaders of the main parties and President Anthony Rota will take place this afternoon.
Both the NDP and Bloc Québécois called for Anthony Rota’s resignation on Monday. The Conservative Party of Canada preferred to blame the Trudeau government for the decision.