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    And a Lord to boot.
    One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

  • #2
    He's an immense douchebag.

    He's renounced his Canadian citizenship, and we could not be happier. He's since tried to get it back -- unsuccessfully.
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    • #3
      nearly destroyed a great newspaper franchise here
      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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      • #4
        Would Britannia please keep him? Officially, he has a temporary residency permit for Canada. Hopefully it will expire soon.
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        • #5
          he is a citizen of the world...when sober
          Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

          Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Uncle Sparky View Post
            Would Britannia please keep him? Officially, he has a temporary residency permit for Canada. Hopefully it will expire soon.
            It's good for a year.

            The Conservatives will renew it. Black is a hero to that type.
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            • #7
              He sounds like Donald Sutherland.
              John Brown did nothing wrong.

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              • #8
                In fairness, Adam Boulton is a jackass.
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                • #9
                  In fairness, he has points even if he is pompous while making them.
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                  • #10
                    The Conservatives will renew it. Black is a hero to that type.
                    Given as it was Chretien who stripped it from him in the first place for political reasons, he should be restored.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
                      Given as it was Chretien who stripped it from him in the first place for political reasons, he should be restored.
                      Chretien didn't strip him of it. He renounced it because Chretien said a Canadian citizen can't be a Lord.
                      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                      • #12
                        Not that I'm in favor of royalty or any of that **** but why can't a Canadian be a lord? Isn't Canada part of the commonwealth?

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                        • #13
                          Because the Prime Minister said so, and Conrad Black is a felon and *******.

                          A Lord can sit in the House of Lords. It really doesn't make sense.

                          Can you have a dual citizen US Senator?
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
                            Not that I'm in favor of royalty or any of that **** but why can't a Canadian be a lord? Isn't Canada part of the commonwealth?

                            It's a prohibition on holding foreign honours. It's a long-standing policy, and not a political whim as Asher seems to suggest. However, it does seem to be selectively adhered to.

                            I imagine the resoning is divided loyalties and such. wiki says "inconsistent with democratic values."

                            It came about during the gradual process of Canada gaining national sovereignty.
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                            • #15
                              It was a political whim with a shady reason. That's why it went to the Supreme Court, who basically said the Prime Minister has the power to have such whims.
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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