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(ace value as the bad railh of many internees was evident. The Examiner was hiah1y
reluctant to accept the information supplied by Secret Agents. but he found tNt
-Inscanccs 'tIr'a'e often found where information furnished by sccrec aaents was not
only conftrmed by the prisonen. but amplified by them. Conchadina: on this point. I
submit that the R.C.M.P Offi:en and myself have been satisfied as to bis
reliability."t5 The Examiner found tbal out of 150,(0) memben of the Italian
communities in Canada, roughly 3500 were members of the fascio and of those 600
were interned." Of those interned. 60 per am were from Quebec. 30 per cent from
Ontario. mosdy middle and upper class men.'" (0 the Montreal district lbere were
30,000 Italians of whom 800 were members of the fascio and 2000 were members of
the DopoLavoro. Of the 2800. 198 were interned, S3 qucstioded by !he Euminer.
and six released.
On 31 Au&U5t 1940, Justice J.D. Hyndman. in chara:e of reviewina
internments. questioned RCMP Sat. Barnes. 1ruelliaence Oepanment. as to the na[UfC
of sub\'enive JfOUPI in CaDada. Hyndawl questioned Barnes as to whal the Fascist
objective was. 10 wbic:b Barnes answered that the Italians boped 10 weld lOIether the
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