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Lord Black is not a Canadian patriot. A patriot would not have given his citizenship up for power and dubious honours. There are things that COULD have been don
by halostatue 16y ago
Lord Black is not a Canadian patriot. A patriot would not have given his citizenship up for power and dubious honours. There are things that COULD have been done without forcing the loss of his citizenship, such as honourary knighthoods. Instead, he decided he wanted something explicitly prohibited by Canadian law.
I believe that Conrad Black committed fraud; I also believe he was railroaded by the American legal system. It's good that he can fight this because he has money and powerful friends, but America should do better. I find it interesting that Black decries the public defender system (and it IS broken) but offers no ideas for what could fix or replace it.
- fleitz 16y agoIt's not prohibited by law. Canadian law has no jurisdiction in other countries. Also, if titular honors are prohibited by foreign governments why do we have a Queen?
- halostatue 16y agoA quick search shows up the Nickle Resolution: http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009566 http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Pa... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_titles_debate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_titles_debate Canadians are (like Americans, although for different reasons) prohibited from accepting foreign titles. That's pretty much "against the law" to me.