I believe you and SinatraClub may be both right. From my past readings on the subject matter. There were newspaper articles citing that Montreal had a Capo that reported to the U.S.A LCN and this capo had several leutenants reporting to him. This relationship came to an end when Gerando Sciascia got killed by the LCN.This will validate your point. I also find that SinatraClub made a very good comparison of the relationship between the Montreal Sicilian Clan and the Sicilian Clan from Italy. I find the Montreal Sicilian clan always considered themselves to be a separate family but are more closely intertwined with Italy. Whereby Montreal Sicilian Clan and LCN is more a marriage of conveience. I think of it more as a trianglular love affair.
Yes, several of the Montreal Sicilians were related and close due to coming from the same town in Sicily but most were members of Bonanno LCN. They were friends with other Sicilian Mafia clans too. They were not the same Family together.
There are Montreal Italians of other regions some who are Bonanno LCN and others who are ndrangheta.
