Conrad Black stripped of the Order of Canada

[Newsjock]

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]

1. George Will was his lackey.

eom

[waddirum]

2. You would think he'd have lost it...

... when he renounced Canadian citizenship. All so they could play dress-up as Lord and Lady Black of Braidedasshair.

[Spazito]

3. Good. The next order of business is to deport the felon and send him back....

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.