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23 - Respect through much hard work
Dan Iannuzzi and Johnny Lombardi break ground for Italian through their media outlets
By Antonio Maglio
Originally Published: 2003-01-19
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Dan Iannuzzi and Johnny Lombardi
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Maybe there was little love lost between Dan Iannuzzi and Johnny Lombardi, but on thing was certain, they respected one another. This was proven by what Iannuzzi wrote when Lombardi passed away in March of 2002, and confirms today: "He contributed to putting something in motion, and not even his death can stop it." That something is information.
They both have strong personalities, stubborn, one could say. Both are Italian-Canadians who were born here, but with bonds linking their hearts and their minds to their roots, Calabrese for Iannuzzi; Lucanian for Lombardi. Both were precursors: the fact that Italian-language media in Canada, more than anywhere else, was an economic reality and not just an expression of nostalgia, is mostly due to them. Their initiatives spawned so many successors that the newspapers, radio and TV stations in Italian make this country unique in the world. A complete list is difficult to compile, as new media is born every year. But first came Iannuzzi's Corriere Canadese and Lombardi's CHIN Radio.
However, they are not the only symbols of success in the Italian-Canadian community. There is Vic De Zen, for instance, a world leader in prefabricated materials, recently honoured with the Order of Canada. The same decoration was presented to Iannuzzi and Lombardi, and also to Donald Ziraldo, winemaker, who appeared in 1999 in the National Post's ranking of the 25 greatest Canadian entrepreneurs of the last century. The Order of Canada was also given to Gaetano Gagliano, in recognition for his creation of a printing empire.
The list goes on, and it doesn't include men alone. There is Maria Minna, for instance, who was appointed as Federal Minister for International Development and Co-operation; Albina Guarnieri, Federal MP, who worked on the reform of the Criminal Code (and signed a bill for tougher penalties for multiple murderers); and Lisa Frulla, another MP, who was recently mentioned as a possible leader for the Liberal Party in Quebec. A woman outside politics is Rosanna Magnotta, co-owner of Magnotta Winery, who in 1999 obtained the prestigious title of "Woman of the Year for Innovation".
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