Those are the words of a great journalist, Giampaolo Pansa, who, for many years, for decades, was one of the most prestigious names writing for the newspaper La Repubblica, part of the Espresso-Repubblica group, from which he subsequently had to resign because the group’s management accused him of revisionism, which in Italy, as you know, is one of the most serious crimes by far, when it is perpetrated by the dominant intelligentsia, by the dominant culture in Italy, which is completely left-wing: just look at the primaries of the ...[+++]Democratic Party, where everyone from bankers to all of the most important actors, directors and journalists from our country stand in line.

From this point of view, I think this very well-balanced joint resolution from all the democratic parties in Parliament is another great political moment for our Parliament – especially after what happened today – and I am very proud that this resolution originated from our own group, the Socialist Group.

– Mr President, I also wish to welcome our Romanian colleagues, in particular to my own group, from the Romanian Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and the Romanian Conservative Party.

BOARD OF INTERNAL ECONOMY The Speaker informed the House that the following Members have been appointed members of the Board of Internal Economy for the purposes and under the provisions of the Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, Chapter 32, Statutes of Canada, 1997, namely: Mr. Boudria and Mr. Mitchell, members of the Queen's Privy Council; Mrs. Catterall and Mr. Saada, representatives of the government caucus; Mr. Strahl and Mr. Reynolds, representatives of the Canadian Alliance caucus; Mr. Bergeron, representative of the Bloc Québécois caucus; Mr. Blaikie, representative of the New ...[+++]Democratic caucus; and Mr. MacKay (Pictou Antigonish Guysborough), representative of the Progressive Conservative caucus.

22. Condemns the acts of the UCK terrorist forces and other armed groups on the territory of FYROM; welcomes the initiatives of the Council, CFSP High Representative Solana and Commissioner Patten; supports the efforts of the FYROM government and of all the democratic parties which are seeking a political solution to the countries' problems;

Break students into five groups and have them do a brief investigation of the following major contemporary Canadian political parties: New Democrats, Progressive Conservatives, Liberal Party, Alliance, Bloc Québecois.