Canadian Heritage committee  Am I a classified Italian because I don't support this bill?

Canadian Heritage committee  Am I any less a proud Italian Canadian because I don't support the bill?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes or no, what do you think?

Canadian Heritage committee  How about you, Antonio?

Canadian Heritage committee  The CHRP program was announced in Parliament in June 2006. Immediately after the election of the Conservative government, I wrote to the prime minister, asking about his position with respect to honouring the agreement, and also asking for an apology. He had promised an apology t

Canadian Heritage committee  Why it was....

Canadian Heritage committee  No, there was no reason given.

Canadian Heritage committee  No.

Canadian Heritage committee  No.

Canadian Heritage committee  We want the committee, the House, to approve the bill and then proceed. The foundation is already in place. In fact, a resolution has been passed as to who is going to sit on that NCIC foundation. There are members—

Canadian Heritage committee  The infrastructure is in place.

Canadian Heritage committee  Just to mention this, there were also four women who were interned, and we do have women on our committee at the National Congress of Italian Canadians.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's very important, though, and I only have two seconds, if I may. During all the negotiations that happened after the agreement in principle, the contact or point of reference of the government was the National Congress of Italian Canadians. We were talking and we were buildin

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure how far “former” goes; that could be the first president or the immediate past president. I'm the immediate past president. My name appears on the signing document of the agreement in principle. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members, for giving us the opportunity to s