TORONTO – It is finally here: election day, the day on which a country – the nation state with the greatest potential for good or otherwise, in the world – chooses its Chief Executive Officer. With all due deference to my own country of birth or to the one in which I have raised a family (Italy and Canada), we are talking about the USA.
TORONTO – On a quiet autumn Sunday, in the Canada of 2024, it may happen that you witness a battle, with the sound of fists and sticks, between Hindus and Sikhs: both Indians, but divided by religion and politics. Especially politics: the latter, they want the independence of a region of India, Khalistan. And for this reason, in their homeland they are considered separatists and, some of them, terrorists. →
TORONTO – For years the Torino and Rome Film Festivals have jockeyed with each other for the title of “second biggest festival” in Italy, behind Venice’s Biennale Cinema. While Rome’s festival was founded in 2006, twenty-four years after Torino’s inaugural event, the sheer aura of Rome’s host venue – Parco della Musica – and the Ancient city’s ability to attract international stars afford Rome a clear advantage. Yet Torino’s festival organizers continue to offer filmmakers attractive programs, arguably more intriguing than Rome’s – and this year is no different.
Report from the Chair of the Canadian Chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF
Senator Loffreda travelled to Washington last week to participate, as Chair of the Canadian chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in the 2024 Global Parliamentary Forum. He wrote about his experience in this column.
TORONTO – Stefano Croci and Silvia Siberini’s “challenging” and intriguing documentary The Pavilion on the Water recently screened at the ADFF (Architecture & Design Film Festival), hosted by TIFF Lightbox near Toronto’s Entertainment District. The documentary, about Venetian Architect Carlo Scarpa, was almost entirely attended by professors and students of architecture and [of course] bonafide working architects, confirmed by a show of hands in the preamble to the screening.
