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Source: Canadian Press
Conrad Black, who was convicted in the U.S. and served a prison sentence there, has been removed from the Order of Canada effective immediately, the Governor-General says.
... The announcement came in a terse release by Governor-General David Johnston late Friday. A spokeswoman for Mr. Johnston, Marie-Pierre Belanger, says an advisory council met Friday afternoon to make its recommendation to Mr. Johnston.
... In the end, he served 37 months of a 42-month sentence in a Florida prison and returned to Canada in May of 2012. He had to return under a special temporary permit, having renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 so he could accept a peerage in the British House of Lords.
Mr. Black, who is now back in Toronto, is a columnist for the National Post and co-hosts a current affairs talk show.
Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/conrad-black-stripped-of-the-order-of-canada/article16644365/
Vinnie From Indy
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waddirum
(979 posts)... when he renounced Canadian citizenship. All so they could play dress-up as Lord and Lady Black of Braidedasshair.
Spazito
(50,365 posts)to Great Britain to live out the rest of his miserable life in ignominy and at least 5 million poorer after he pays the millions of taxes he owes the Canadian government.