Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Good morning. It is a little strange to begin the meeting with you, because the bill is much bigger and only one small section deals with creating a commemorative stamp.
As you have read, Bill C-302, An Act to recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Italian origin through their “enemy alien” designation and internment during the Second World War, and to provide for restitution and promote education on Italian-Canadian history is a large bill.
We are presently dealing with one very specific element of the bill, that you have surely read in the final paragraph. It asks that:
5. The Minister of National Revenue shall instruct the Canada Post Corporation to issue a stamp or set of stamps to commemorate the internment of persons of Italian origin during the Second World War.
If this bill is passed, with that provision in it, can someone in the government give an instruction like that requiring Canada Post to issue the stamp?