Trudeau apologises after Nazi unit war veteran honoured in Canadian Parliament

Ottawa, Sep 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for the Canadian Parliament's recognition of a man who fought for a Nazi unit during World War II, an incident that drew global condemnation and was termed by the Opposition as the "biggest single diplomatic embarrassment" in the country's history.

Trudeau, already under pressure for jeopardising Canada's relations with India over the killing of a Khalistani separatist in Canada, said the Canadian government has reached out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was present during the event last Friday, in the wake of the incident.

Russia has painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis" after the incident although Zelenskyy is Jewish and lost relatives in the Holocaust.