OTTAWA – A crackdown on bail is coming: today, the Liberal government led by Mark Carney tabled a bill that will make it more difficult to obtain bail for a variety of crimes, including vehicle theft, extortion, and home invasion. It would introduce for these offenses what is already in place for more serious crimes like murder: the reverse onus. That is, the burden of proof would shift from the prosecutor to the accused, meaning the accused would have to prove that bail is justified. →
TORONTO – Feel badly for Minister Calandra and for the governance model of local school boards. Minister Calandra, in June, sought and received authority to dissolve several school boards and to vest their regulatory and administrative authority in his [cabinet] person.
TORONTO – With the opulent lifestyles of notorious Roman emperors like Nero, Tiberius and Caligula well documented, the contemporary Italian psyche is properly guarded against the lure of depravity. But not totally freed from it. The Casati Stampa murders which occurred in the 1970s were a reminder that some in high society were keeping degeneracy alive and well in the 20th century. And now those murders are the inspiration for Andrea De Sica’s new film The Eyes of Others…
TORONTO – Ambassador Alessandro Cattaneo’s visit to New Brunswick, and, more specifically, his attendance at the 50th anniversary dinner of the Italian Club in Moncton (one of the three main urban centres of the province) brought back a first and most unexpected phone calls, when I was sworn in as Minister. I expected it might have been my mother…
CORRIERE CANADESE / Culture and Entrepreneurialism: the Italian Diaspora as a modern Homeric Odyssey
TORONTO – It has been some time since the Italian diplomatic corps has been this active in in both serving Italian expatriates and in exploring the potential of Canada – in places previously virtually ignored by the “more established” members of the diaspora in the Canadian federation…
