TORONTO—Former Senator Consiglio Di Nino was very impressed with the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance that he saw at the Sony Centre on Sunday afternoon.
This was the fourth or fifth time he was attending a performance by New York-based Shen Yun, he said while trying to recall the actual number.
“Mainly every year,” Mr. Di Nino said about his attendance.
Mr. Di Nino, who resigned from his post as a senator after serving over 22 years in the Senate, said Shen Yun performances are beautiful.
“The costumes, the colours, the dancing, they’re all at a very high level and very beautiful, and I am pleased to come and be entertained and enjoy,” he said.
Mr. Di Nino said he also attends because he supports Falun Dafa, which is persecuted in China. Some of the dance scenes in Shen Yun show the persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual meditation practice, in modern day China.
“I have been a friend of the Falun Gong movement in Canada because I believe that everyone is entitled to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to live a life legally and honestly and respectfully as you will to do it,” the senator said.
