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…
TORONTO – The federal government of Canada will establish a “Financial Crimes Agency” modeled after the Italian “Guardia di Finanza”, “because the Italians are world-class when it comes to fighting this type of crime and we must learn from them” said Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, today, during a press briefing to announce a series of extraordinary measures against financial crimes, scams, and online banking fraud. →
MONCTON – Mission to New Brunswick for the Italian Ambassador to Canada, Alessandro Cattaneo. In recent days, Cattaneo has held a series of meetings with local authorities and the province’s Italian community…
TORONTO – Having just watched three successive films during a long flight home, one of which was about a blood lusting mythical unicorn that gruesomely murders its captors, I asked myself how some movies attract investment – while others take several decades, if ever. But as I touched ground Amazon MGM Studios announced that filming had begun on Masterplan, an international heist movie about a band of thieves – led by Stanley Tucci – who attempt to steal the Mona Lisa…
