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RCMP SerJcaJK Lamodle who approKbed him lOr information which 8ersani<br />
declined 10 give. At a later dale 8ersani was again approKhed by the RCMP, this<br />
lime by Assistanl Commissioner Meade who was looking for a reliable agenl 10 help<br />
the police. Bersani anempled 10 pass the RCMP onto a youth who mighl help them.<br />
Apin the RCMP rewmed to Benani, Ibis time in 1931, when he was asked 10 meel<br />
wilb Commissioner MacBrien 10 discuss Fascism. II was ... this meeQna dw Bersani<br />
fmally agreed 10 become an RCMP Secret Agellt. beina paid $60 a mondl for his<br />
services. With his increasinc duties as a Secret Aaent. Benani h.iRd anomer Minister<br />
10 help out in the Cbun:b. The new min.isler turned out 10 be an Iwian aaent,<br />
workinllO usurp 8enanj's congreplion.<br />
When Bersani pve information to the RCMP about three church elders, Vincenzo<br />
Monaco, G. Raco, and N. Oi Girolamo, and the new Minister's (Scalera) Fascisl<br />
activities, be ran inlO trOUbk: with the Euminina: Cbief <strong>of</strong> Internment cases, Iustice<br />
Hyndman, After the four men appealed their iDCCt1lJ'Dents, Hyu1man conclLaded dw<br />
Benani bad used his position or influence with the RCMP 10 vent his personal<br />
are re:spcqib5e for the employment <strong>of</strong> this man ben aware <strong>of</strong> his dwacter, I am sure<br />
he would oot have taken into their services as a S.A."_a After the Judge's<br />
statements the Minister <strong>of</strong> Juslice re*invesripte:d Bersani, findina Hyndman's charles<br />
aNAC, MG 30, EI63, vol. 14, file 169. Memonndum for the Minister or<br />
Justice, 28 April 1941, L
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