Archive Photos



Joe Volpe off to Ottawa in 1988 as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Eglinton-Lawrence



Joe visiting the York Senior Club in 1990

Joe Volpe at one of his constituency picnics



Joe cooking at his constituency picnic at the Columbus Centre



Joe Volpe and members of the Greek community



Joe Volpe and hockey icon Bobby Hull



Joe Volpe bestowing a Canada 125 medal to celebrated pediatrician Dr. Marvin Gans



Joe taking the Oath of Office with former Sergeant-at-Arms, Gus Clouthier, after winning the 1993 election



Mirella and Joe Volpe with their daughter Letizia and son Massimo at his MP swearing in ceremony in 1993


 

Joe Volpe and constituents attending his picnic



Joe Volpe and volunteers



Joe Volpe delivering remarks at a Town Hall Meeting at the Columbus Centre on the Charlottetown Accord in 1992



Joe Volpe at his constituency picnic with a Portuguese Folklore Group




Joe Volpe and Rick Hansen on Parliament Hill



Joe Volpe and Yue Qifeng, Governor of the Heilongiang Province, in the Speaker's Gallery in 1994



Joe Volpe delivering remarks at a Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works announcement  in 1996 



Joe Volpe attending a conference on Canada-China business relations



Joe Volpe cutting the ribbon as Chair of the Conference on Canada-China commerical relations with Irene So and former Mayor of Markham Don Cousins



Joe Volpe visiting a school in Eglinton-Lawrence to discuss the role of a Member of Parliament and the Federal Government



Joe Volpe and constituents at his summer BBQ



Joe Volpe and some of his young constituents



Joe Volpe and Mary Wu presenting certificates to graduates of the Toronto School of Traditional Chinese Medicine



Joe with former Member of Parliament John Loney and former
NDP leader Stanley Knowles



Joe Volpe delivering a speech at Villa Colombo



Joe Volpe and Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of External Affairs, discussing Canada's participation in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina



Joe Volpe delivering remarks at the 1994 Glen Long Community Centre official opening, product of the first infrastructure program



Joe Volpe with former Mayor Mel Lastman at the grand opening of the Glen Long Community Centre



Joe Volpe and Mel Lastman trying out the new play structure at the new Glen Long Community Centre



Joe Volpe and constituents from Eglinton-Lawrence at the Unity Rally in Montreal



Joe Volpe representing the Government of Canada at the first ever Inuit scupture and art exhibition in Verona Italy



Joe Volpe at his constiuency picnic at the Columbus Centre



Joe Volpe with neighbours and friends at his picnic



Joe Volpe and members of a Portuguese music group at his constituency picnic



Joe Volpe and Stanley Kwan at the Great Wall in China



Joe Volpe and volunteers in 1997



Joe Volpe being sworn in as the Member of Parliament for Eglinton-Lawrence in 1997



Joe Volpe at the launch of the Canada Israel Free Trade
 Agreement in 1997



Joe Volpe in China with the Canada-China Parliamentary
Association in 1999



Joe in Beijing China outside the Great Hall of the People as a member of the first non-Chinese delegation invited to sit in the People's Congress



Joe Volpe delivering remarks at a pre-budget consultation in 1999



Joe Volpe meeting with constituents



Joe Volpe (centre) preparing food for constituents at his constituency picnic



Joe and former Senator Jack Austin at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Asian Pacific Forum held in Malaysia in 2003



Joe holds a town hall meeting in Eglinton-Lawrence




Joe Volpe speaks to students in his riding


Joe Volpe celebrating the Canadian flag with students in his constituency



Joe Volpe at a signing ceremony in Trail, British Columbia



Joe Volpe in Trail British Columbia visiting the Rock Wall Restoration project



Joe Volpe at the Walk for Israel, Toronto



Joe and former Chief of the Toronto Police and current OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino



Joe Volpe at the Walk for Israel, Toronto



Joe playing a shofar at a constituency event in Eglinton-Lawrence



Joe and Rabbi Weinberg at a constituency gathering



Joe Volpe at the Rally for Israel on Parliament Hill




Joe Volpe, former Prime Minister Paul Martin, and sculptor Louis Weiss at the Columbus Centre for the unveiling of a bronze miniature of Parliament Hill



Joe and Mirella Volpe with volunteers in 2004



Joe visiting the Hillel Society of the University of Toronto



Joe holds a town hall meeting in 2005 at Casa Del Zotto



Joe Volpe meets with students from Havergal College



Joe decorating the Christmas tree at his campaign office in December 2005



Mirella Volpe and Team Volpe volunteers in 2005



Joe and volunteers from the Filipino community in 2005



Joe and volunteers Jonathan Zaid, his mother Linda Lester, and his father Frank Zaid



Joe Volpe meets with constituents regarding the internment of Italian Canadians during World War II



Joe Volpe at a reception with Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons



Joe Volpe meets with members of the Chinese community



Joe Volpe speaking in the House of Commons on issues of concern to his constituents in Eglinton-Lawrence



Joe Volpe meets with students from Bais Yaakov School on the importance of being politically active in the community



Joe meeting with constituents to discuss seniors issues



Joe and his third grandchild Alessandro Volpe




Joe Volpe meets with seniors in the community



Joe Volpe speaking at the International Dragon Boat Federation Club Crew World Championship. This race course was built as part of the waterfront revitalization program, when Joe Volpe was Senior Minister for Ontario.



2005 - Joe Volpe speaking at Pier 21 as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Halifax



Armindo Silva interviewing Joe Volpe when he was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for Tribuna Do Cidadã-FPTV to discuss issues important to the Portuguese community



Joe Volpe, as Senior Minister for Ontario and Toronto, announcing an increase in university grants to the University of Toronto



Joe Volpe, as Senior Minister for Ontario, announcing $100 million for Ford Canada, that was matched by the Province of Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty. Also pictured are former President of Ford, Alain Batty and Buzz Hargrove, President of the CAW.



Joe Volpe at a citizenship ceremony as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in Quebec City



Joe and Mirella Volpe at a Mother's Day reception in 2005



Joe Volpe meeting with a school group from his riding on Parliament Hill



Joe Volpe participates in the Aga Khan Walk in Toronto