New guest guidelines circulating after MPs applauded man who fought for Nazis

 By Mickey Djuric THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Speaker Greg Fergus is looking to implement new guidelines for recognizing certain guests in the House of Commons, after MPs stood twice to applaud a man without knowing he had fought for a Nazi unit. Draft guidelines on the recognition of guests during a joint address of Parliament have been circulated to all House leaders and other officers of Parliament, said Mathieu Gravel, a spokesperson for Fergus. “Feedback will be incorporated before the Speaker shares these guidelines with members,” he said in a statement. House leaders did not provide details of the draft guidelines, and Gravel said he cannot say more at this time. Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a voluntary unit created by the Nazis to help fight…

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