^"Media legend Johnny Lombardi dies at 86". CTV News. 19 مارس 2002. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2008-03-15. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2010-04-11. Prime Minister Jean Chretien praised Lombardi's accomplishments upon hearing of his death. "I think he's done a lot to establish multiculturalism in Toronto and he will be missed by a lot of people," Chretien said.
^Whyte، Murray (24 يونيو 2006). "Forgotten in media's culture gap". تورونتو ستار. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2012-10-26. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2010-04-11. Lombardi's vision predated any official recognition of what a strong multicultural media could do for nation building. In 1985, the CRTC drafted its first ethnic broadcasting policy, drawn from the template Lombardi had been practising for almost 20 years.