August 03, 2011

August 1, 2011

The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, meets with the Honourable Guido Crosetto, Italian Secretary of State for Defence

The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, meets with the Honourable Guido Crosetto, Italian Secretary of State for Defence in Rome, Italy, August 1, 2011. Minister Fantino and Secretary of State Crosetto reaffirmed Canada and Italy's bilateral defence relationship. Italy is an important Canadian ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with common defence priorities including the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and participation in the ongoing NATO-led air campaign in Libya and training mission in Afghanistan.

August 2, 2011

The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, speaks at a barbecue for Canadian troops involved in Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR

The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, speaks at a barbecue for Canadian troops involved in Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR at the operation's headquarters in Naples, Italy, August 2, 2011. Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR is the NATO-led effort to protect civilians in Libya, impose an arms embargo, and implement a no-fly zone authorized by U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1973 and 1970 earlier this year

 

August 3, 2011

The Honourable Julian Fantino (second from left), Associate Minister of National Defence

The Honourable Julian Fantino (second from left), Associate Minister of National Defence, pictured with Colonel Donald Denne, Canadian Defence Attache (Rome), Gaetano Guinta, Mayor of Agira, and Canadian Colonel Alain Pelletier, Task Force Libeccio commander in Poggio Renatico, participate in a wreathe-laying ceremony at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery on August 3, 2011. This Memorial bares compelling signficance to Canadians in remembrance of our military's biggest battle of the 1943 Sicilian campaign during World War II. Agira is the final resting place of 490 Canadians who sacrificed their lives to earn freedom for future generations of Canadians.
For more information regarding the significance of this Memorial, please vist: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=feature/italy99/backgrounders/agira