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- ↑ Vincenzo Franceschini (1890-1961), who changed his first name to James, was interned at Camp Petawawa for one year (1940-1941). He had founded Dufferin Construction in 1912 and two years later became a millionaire, at the age of twenty-four, nine years after arriving in Canada from Italy. Franceschini was later exonerated, with then Minister of Justice and future Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent acknowledging that Franceschini's internment had been in error. McCreath, James S. "James Franceschini, The Man and his Passions". June 26, 2015. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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