Prior to his resignation, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, of Trudeau's ruling Liberal party said Hunka's presence was "completely unacceptable" and called for his resignation, saying: "I don't think there's any alternative."
Also this week, the Polish government announced they were taking steps to possibly extradite Hunka.
Education minister Przemysław Czarnek said: “In view of the scandalous events in the Canadian parliament, which involved honouring, in the presence of President Zelensky, a member of the criminal Nazi SS Galizien formation, I have taken steps towards the possible extradition of this man to Poland."
In a letter, he has asked that Poland's Institute of National Remembrance, a prosecutorial body, “urgently [establish] whether Yaroslav Hunka is wanted for crimes against the Polish nation or Poles of Jewish origin."
The letter adds: "Such crimes constitute grounds for applying to Canada for his extradition."
