Filomena Tassi PC MP is a Canadian politician who has served as the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario since August 31, 2022.
She is of Italian descent, from the regions of Marche and Abruzzo, and was raised Catholic. Tassi studied law at the University of Western Ontario and then practiced corporate law for six years.
She subsequently left the legal profession and studied philosophy and religious education at the University of Waterloo, and began working as the chaplain at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School, a job she held until her election to the House of Commons.
Filomena Tassi Parents: Meet Filomena Tassi’s Mother And Father
“Growing up in an Italian household, the Marchigiano and Abruzzese household, was absolutely amazing.
My parents and my grandparents embodied that robust Italian culture and values. They passed these values and lessons down to me and my siblings.
Growing up in an Italian household taught me the true sense of the words “hospitality” and “love”.
The doors to my parent’s home were always open to whoever wanted to visit, and strangers and family were treated equally. There was always a meal waiting and ready, and there was always acceptance and love to be shared.”
Filomena Tassi said this about her parents during debates on May 15th, 2017
House of Commons Hansard #177 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.)