Canada ayaa u dooratay xildhibaanka Liberal-ka Greg Fergus inuu noqdo afhayeenka cusub ee aqalka baarlamaanka kadib markii kii hore uu iska casilay khilaafkii Nazi-ga ee baarlamaanka.
Mr Fergus – oo ahaa ninkii ugu horreeyay ee madow ah ee jagadaas qabta – ayaa waxaa doortay 338-da xubnood ee Aqalka ka dib codbixin qarsoodi ah oo dhacday Talaadadii. Wuxuu ku tilmaamay “sharaf weyn” in loo doorto xilka. Afhayeenkii hore ayaa xilka iska casilay ka dib markii uu baarlamaanka ku casuumay nin u dhashay dalka Ukraine oo u dagaalamayey kooxdii Nazi-ga. Anthony Rota waxa uu sheegay in aanu garanayn xidhiidhkii Nazi-ga ee mujaahidka. Todobo musharrax ayaa u tartamayey in lagu badalo talaadadii. Hadalkiisii ugu horeeyay, Mr Fergus waxa uu ku booriyay asxaabtiisa inay si xushmad leh isugula dhaqmaan Aqalka, oo ah meel uu sheegay inay tahay “dood xamaasad leh”. “Waxaan tusi doonaa iyaga siyaasaddu waa xirfad sharaf leh,” ayuu yidhi. Ra’iisul Wasaare Justin Trudeau ayaa sheegay in doorashadiisa ay tahay “in ay dhiirigelin u noqoto dhammaan dadka reer Canada, gaar ahaan jiilalka da’da yar ee doonaya in ay ku lug yeeshaan siyaasadda”. Magacaabistiisa waxaa ka soo horjeestay qaar ka mid ah xubnaha muxaafidka. Xildhibaan Michelle Rempel Garner oo laga soo doorto Calgary ayaa ku dooday in ku xad-gudbi anshaxeed sannadkii hore – kaas oo lagu helay inuu si aan habboonayn u qoray warqad taageero ah oo uu xildhibaan ahaan ugu qoray warfidiyeenno ku hadla afka Faransiiska – taasoo keentay inuu awoodi waayo inuu shaqeeyo. Laakiin inkasta oo ay jiraan xoogaa mucaarad ah, Hogaamiyaha Konserfatifka Pierre Poilievre ayaa dhoola cadeynayay markii isaga iyo Mr Trudeau ay gacanta ku hayeen Mr Fergus si ay u galbiyaan Aqalka Baarlamaanka ee Ottawa dhaqan qarniyo soo jireen ah kaas oo afhayeenka cusub uu iska dhigayo rabitaan la’aan inuu u adeego.
Canada has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus to be the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the previous one resigned amid a Nazi in parliament row.
Mr Fergus – the first black man to hold the position – was chosen by the 338-member House after a secret ballot on Tuesday.
He called it “a great honour” to be chosen for the role.
The former Speaker resigned after inviting a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit to the parliament.
Anthony Rota said he did not know of the veteran’s Nazi ties.
Seven candidates had been in the race to replace him on Tuesday.
In his first remarks, Mr Fergus urged his colleagues to treat each other with respect in the House, a place he said was for “passionate debate”.
“We will show them politics is a noble profession,” he said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his election “should be inspiring for all Canadians, especially younger generations who want to get involved in politics”.
His nomination was opposed by some Conservative members. MP Michelle Rempel Garner of Calgary argued that an ethics violation from last year – in which he was found to have inappropriately written a letter of support as a lawmaker for a French-speaking broadcaster – made him unable to serve.
But despite some opposition, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre smiled as he and Mr Trudeau held Mr Fergus’ arms to escort him into the House of Commons in Ottawa in a centuries old tradition in which the new Speaker feigns an unwillingness to serve.
While Mr Fergus is the first black man to become Speaker in the House, Jean Augustine, the first black woman to be elected as a member of parliament in 1993, later went on to briefly serve as deputy speaker.
Along with his role as member of parliament, Mr Fergus, 54, served as parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president and to the health minister.
As a student in the late 1980s, he was also a House of Commons page for a year – a part-time year-long role that includes tasks such as delivering water and messages to members in the House chamber – a moment he recalled in his remarks.
Mr Fergus was first elected in 2015 as an MP for the Quebec riding (district) of Hull-Aylmer, near Ottawa, the year Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party swept into power.
His personal biography describes him as a “community activist, long distance runner, new grandfather and failed musician”.
The Speaker chairs debates, enforces the rules of the House, votes only to break a tie and is expected to be politically impartial.
His first role will be to “restore the honour of the Chamber,” said leader of the New Democrats Jagmeet Singh, speaking on the House floor.
It was a reference to the standing ovation given to a World War Two veteran who served in the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division, a voluntary unit made up mostly of ethnic Ukrainians under Nazi command.
Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was sitting in the gallery in parliament when Mr Rota honoured him by calling him a “hero” during a visit to Ottawa by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Division members are accused of killing Polish and Jewish civilians, although the unit has not been found guilty of any war crimes by a tribunal.
The 22 September incident drew global condemnation.
