Rota resigns as speaker of the house over Ukrainian Nazi scandal
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Learn English with Stephen Harper. Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes for his comments about a visiting Ukrainian-Canadian dignitaries. He says he's not responsible for our diplomatic reputation, even though that's the job of the Prime Minister, and now he says he s not responsible to vet the very people that come in contact with a visiting head of state.
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I wish to apologize to the House, and I am deeply sorry that I have offended many with my gestures and remarks.
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We have here in the chamber today Ukrainian-Canadians, Ukrainian-Canadian world veteran from the Second World War
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who fought the Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today, even at his age of 98.
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I would also like to add that this initiative was entirely my own.
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The individual in question being from my writing and having been brought to my attention,
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no one, including you, my fellow parliamentarians, or the Ukraine delegation, was privy to my remarks prior to their delivery.
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It was the honorable thing to do. It was the right thing to do.
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After a moment in our history on Friday, it was deeply embarrassing, deeply shameful for Canadians,
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and that has hurt all of us as parliamentarians and Canadians.
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The minister who is now whispering was louder when she also painted Canadians as Nazis,
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and she can't bring herself to apologize for an actual Nazi this government vetted.
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Worse even, she tried to strike it from the historical record of this House as if it never happened.
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A descendant of Holocaust survivors distorting the Holocaust.
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Shame on him for bringing shame on this chamber.
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Will the prime minister finally take responsibility, do the right thing, and apologize?
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Will he stand up and apologize to Canadians, to the Jewish community, to the Ukrainian people,
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and to the entire world for this mess that he helped create?
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No one in this chamber knew ahead of time of who he was.
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The speaker has taken full responsibility for this.
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The minister says he's not responsible for our diplomatic reputation,
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even though that is precisely the job of the head of government.
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Like when he says he's not responsible for the inflationary spending
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that led prices and interest rates to rise faster than at any time in history.
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He's not responsible for housing costs doubling after he promised to lower them.
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He's not responsible for dressing up in racist costumes so many times he can't remember.
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That's all Canadians that needed to learn a lesson from his personal conduct.
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And now he says he's not responsible to vet the very people that come into contact with a visiting head of state.
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Is it that he's not responsible or that he's irresponsible?
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