article by Francesco Veronesi, translation and video by Luis Aparicio
Justin Trudeau apresentou ontem à Câmara dos Comuns um pedido oficial de desculpas pelo tratamento sofrido pela comunidade italo-canadiana na década de 1940. →
article by Mariella Policheni, translation and video by Lisa Picerno
El tan esperado perdón oficial finalmente ha terminado. Ayer, como prometió en 2019, el primer ministro canadiense, Justin Trudeau, pidió disculpas a los italo-canadienses por el internamiento sufrido en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Más de 600 Italo-canadienses fueron internados después de que Italia declarara la guerra a los Aliados en 1940, mientras que 31.000 perdidos fueron reportados como “enemigos extranjeros”. →
article by Francesco Veronesi, video by Rosanna Colavecchia
TORONTO – Justin Trudeau ha offerto ieri alla House of Commons le scuse ufficiali per il trattamento subito dalla comunità italocanadese negli Anni Quaranta. Il mea culpa recitato dal primo ministro per le decisioni prese dal governo dell’epoca guidato da William Lyon Mackenzie King non si è limitato, come era prevedibile, alla narrazione della sofferenza e delle ingiustizie subite da più di 600 uomini e donne di origine italiana internati nei campi di concentramento sparsi per il Paese, ma ha sfiorato tutte le corde del travaglio e delle tribolazioni patiti da tutti gli italocanadesi a partire del giugno del 1940.
TORONTO – Justin Trudeau today offered at the House of Commons an official apology for the treatment of the Italian-Canadian community in the 1940s. The mea culpa recited by the Prime Minister for the decisions taken by the government of the time led by William Lyon Mackenzie King was not limited, as was to be expected, to the narrative of the suffering and injustice suffered by 600 men and four women of Italian origin interned in concentration camps scattered throughout the country, but touched all the strings of labour and tribulations suffered by all Italian Canadians since June 1940. →
The long-awaited official apology has finally arrived. Today, as promised in 2019, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, apologized to the Italian-Canadians for the internment suffered in World War II. More than 600 Italian-Canadians were interned after Italy declared war on the Allies in 1940, while 31,000 people were reported as “foreign enemies”. →
