This week Trudeau delivered his latest plea for forgiveness, a formal apology in the House of Commons for the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. It was in fact a re-apology, as Mulroney had already sought atonement at a gathering of Italian Canadian organizations 30 years ago. According to Trudeau’s office, the repeat was necessary because “the government’s actions violated the values that our country was fighting to secure during the Second World War, including freedom, equality, and justice, and had serious impacts on families and the Italian Canadian community.”
