Canadian Heritage committee  Why don't you do it in Parliament? Do it in Parliament.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have no problem with that. Absolutely not. I respect your position.

Canadian Heritage committee  I do have to say I regret that you do have that opinion, because I don't think you understand what's happened to this community. I don't think you've met the people who have suffered in these concentration camps. I don't think you relate to the families--

Canadian Heritage committee  Two million.

Canadian Heritage committee  Listen, we have 1.5 million Italian Canadians.

Canadian Heritage committee  The immediate thing would be an apology. Restitution is not the most important thing. Two weeks ago, our community foundation organized an activity, a ball, and we raised $1.4 million. So money is not the issue.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, there should be--

Canadian Heritage committee  There are four women on our board of directors.

Canadian Heritage committee  We support the bill. What I was driving at is that money is not a priority for us. It is an apology that matters. It is about atoning for the errors of the past. Money is secondary. However, if we really want to correct the errors of the past, we need programs to educate Canadian

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Del Mastro, if you look at the three members that were before you and you look at their curricula vitae, and you look at what they have done for the community for the last 35 years, you will have your answer. These people have never dealt with this issue, with the exception

Canadian Heritage committee  You have at this table the major organizations that represent the Italian-Canadian community. You have them at this table, Mr. Del Mastro. What you had the other day I don't think had the same representativeness. The only one that was here that represents part of the community, t

Canadian Heritage committee  I have not received any reply. Misguided? Yes. We considered very seriously taking action against the government on the breach of the ACE agreement. For reasons that would be too long to explain, we decided not to because it would seem to be a political move against the governm

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, they are. For your information, many letters of protest were sent to Minister Kenney from all parts of the country, from all the chapters of the National Congress of Italian Canadians, from the east to the west. They all sent letters to the minister and never received a repl

Canadian Heritage committee  The National Congress of Italian Canadians has been taking concrete actions since 1972. If you do your homework, you will see that the first agreement signed between Quebec and Italy was a reciprocal agreement on pensions. The congress negotiated that agreement and was instrument