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Order of Canada for Stevie Cameron sets the right tone for the coming Year of Mulroney

| December 31, 2012

What a delightful and ironic twist on which to end one year and start another was the announcement yesterday that Stevie Cameron had been awarded the Order of Canada!

And here I thought I was finished writing about -- or at least during -- 2012, with my bloviations yesterday on the future of Alberta's NDP.

Cameron's appointment on the cusp of 2013 makes up for some of the rather inferior choices by the committee that has picked the Order's recipients over the past few decades. (You all know who I have in mind, I'm sure.)

Time to wax philosophical about Ralph Klein and the Order of Canada

David J. Climenhaga

| June 25, 2012

Now that the campaign to give the Order of Canada to Ralph Klein has all but met its goal, one wonders when the effort to hang the same gong on Jacques Parizeau will begin? Seriously! The former premier of Quebec meets the essential qualification.

Black is the new Red: Why Stephen and Jason love Conrad more than they love Canadians

David J. Climenhaga

| May 7, 2012

Let's be honest with ourselves, Canadians. Did any of us ever truly doubt -- even for an instant -- that the "Conservative" government of Stephen Harper would not welcome Conrad Black back to the Canadian fold as soon as the American correctional authorities escorted him to the border and handed him his coat and hat?

Do you now imagine Lord Black isn't here in Canada to stay?

Well, if you do, disabuse yourself of that notion!

Dr. Henry Morgentaler is most famous Canadian pro-choice physician. His outspoken support for reproductive rights have taken him to court rooms, protests, fundraisers and award ceremonies across the country. His relentless campaigning and trust in women has helped made it legal for women to get safe, confidential and sanitary abortions.

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Aaju Peter

Aaju Peter is an Inuit activist and recipient of the Order of Canada in 2012 for her tireless efforts to preserve Inuit culture. Born in Northern Greenland, Peter moved up and down the west coast as a child with her family. Her father was a preacher and teacher. In 1981, Peter moved to Iqaluit where she has focused most of her activism.

Peter has been a vocal supporter of the Inuit seal hunt and its vital role in indigenous culture. She makes ready to wear seal skin clothing, from coats to tank tops with pelts bought from local hunters. The plummeting market value of seal pelts has a salient impact on her communities.

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Sorry, an Order of Canada for Alberta's Ralph Klein is not appropriate

David J. Climenhaga

| January 27, 2012

Does the kind of man who would call immigrants to Alberta from Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada "bums" and "creeps" deserve the Order of Canada?

Surely one would think not! But anything can happen in the weird and wacky world of Canada's "honours system," so one supposes that, with a noisy campaign under way by the corporate media and various far-right bloviators, an Order of Canada for Ralph "Katastrophe" Klein is a virtual inevitability.

Carry on Up the Privy Council: Lord Black's saga continues

David J. Climenhaga

| June 8, 2011

The latest chapter in the Tubby Black saga is enough to make us almost like the old reprobate.

Not enough, mind you, to conclude Lord Black ought to be readmitted to Canada, permitted to hang onto his Order of Canada gong or for that matter remain a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Governor General must act decisively to protect the cherished Order of Canada

David J. Climenhaga

| June 1, 2011

Governor General David Johnston is a distinguished lawyer, so he surely understands the importance of precedent, both as a practical and symbolic matter.

Now, early in his term as Canada's vice-regal personage, Johnston is faced with the urgent need to act decisively to protect a cherished Canadian institution.

I speak, of course, of the Order of Canada, and the pressing requirement that the notorious and unrepentant felon, Conrad Moffat Black, lately a resident of Coleman, Fla., be removed from the ranks of the Order's membership post-haste.

Surely it is time to end the blemish on the Order of Canada by dismissing Lord Black

David J. Climenhaga

| October 30, 2010

Yesterday, three judges of the Seventh Circuit Court in Chicago upheld two criminal charges against Baron Black of Crossharbour.

In other words, Conrad Moffat Black, late of the federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Fla., where he resided for a spell at the courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer, remains a convicted felon.

According to Article 3 of the Policy and Procedure for Termination of Appointment to the Order Of Canada, revocation of the Order may be considered when the holder has been convicted of a criminal offence.

Conrad Black is a citizen of Britain, a resident of the United States -- let it remain that way!

David J. Climenhaga

| July 20, 2010

Peter C. Newman, the well-known author of tedious doorstoppers exalting the supposed virtues of the Canadian business class, says he believes Conrad Black will leave his American jail cell "as a better man, with a higher appreciation for Canada."

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