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MPs will vote Tuesday morning to replace Anthony Rota, who resigned last week after he took full blame for the incident in which a packed Parliament applauded a man who fought on the Nazi side of the Second World War.
The international humiliation of last week's Nazi controversy means members of Parliament will elect a new Speaker.
The prime minister apologized Wednesday for applause in the House of Commons directed at Yaroslav Hunka during a visit by Ukraine's president.
Anthony Rota has been unequivocal that the blame for the spectacle of a packed Canadian Parliament applauding a man who fought for the Nazis in the Second World War should fall on him and him alone.
Anthony Rota insisted Monday that the blame belongs to him alone for directing those packed into Canada's Parliament last week to celebrate a man who fought for Nazi Germany during the Second World War.