The Rt Hon.
The Lord Black of Crossharbour,
PC, OC, KCSG

Born:	August 25, 1944 (1944-08-25) (age 62) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:	former newspaper magnate, financier, historian, and biographer.

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Black is Canadian-born, but publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to accept his appointment as a life peer in the British House of Lords, an offer blocked by then Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. He is married to Barbara Amiel, a well-known, British-born journalist. Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city or town but now usually a country) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as the Lords. The Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as the Commons), and the Lords together comprise the Parliament. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, usually known as Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, BCL, LLD (h. ... Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour (born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England on December 4, 1940), is a British-Canadian journalist and writer. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Black was a defendant along with three others in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, with Lord Black facing 13 counts related to criminal fraud. On 13 July 2007, the 12-member jury reached a guilty verdict on four charges, including mail fraud and obstruction of justice, but acquitted him of the other nine charges, including wire fraud and racketeering, after 12 days of deliberation. He faces a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison and a million-dollar fine when he is sentenced, scheduled for 30 November 2007, in Chicago.^[1] His Canadian lawyer, Edward Greenspan, has stated that an appeal of Black's convictions will be filed in due course. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the following counties, divided into two divisions: The eastern division: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, and Will counties. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Edward Leonard Greenspan (born February 28, 1944, Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer. ...

Early life and career

Conrad Black was born into a wealthy Montreal family. His father, George Montegu Black, Jr., was the president of Canadian Breweries, an international brewing conglomerate which earlier had absorbed Winnipeg Breweries, which was founded by George Black Sr. Conrad Black's mother was the former Jean Elizabeth Riley, a daughter of Conrad Stephenson Riley (whose father founded the Great-West Life Assurance Company), and a great-granddaughter of an early co-owner of the Daily Telegraph. George Montegu Black II (born 1911, died June 29, 1976) was a Winnipeg business man and President of Canadian Breweries. ... The Great-West Life Assurance Company (known more commonly Great-West Life) is a life and health insurance company. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...

Black was first educated at Upper Canada College from which, according to Tom Bower's recent biography Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, he was expelled for selling stolen exam papers. He then attended Trinity College School where he lasted less than a year, eventually graduating from a small, now defunct private school in Toronto called Thornton Hall. He continued his education at Carleton University (History, 1965). For a time, Black attended Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School; however, he dropped out during his first year of study. He eventually completed his law degree at Université Laval (Law, 1970), later completing a Master of Arts degree in history at McGill University in 1973.^[2] His thesis, later published as a biography, was on Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis. Upper Canada College (abbreviated to UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys, founded in 1829. ... For other institutions named Trinity School, see Trinity School. ... Thornton Hall (also known as Thornton) was a Canadian private school that operated from 1949 to 1997. ... This article is about the university in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, is a Canadian law school, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest centre of education in Canada, and was the first institution in America to offer higher education in French. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Duplessis campaigning in the 1952 election. ...

Black became involved in a number of businesses, mainly publishing newspapers, but briefly in mining; in 1966 Black bought his first newspaper, the Eastern Townships Advertiser in Quebec. Following the foundation, as an investment vehicle, of the Ravelston Corporation by the Black family in 1969, Conrad, together with friends David Radler and Peter G. White, purchased and operated the Sherbrooke Record, the small English language daily in Sherbrooke, Quebec. In 1971, the three formed Sterling Newspapers Limited, a holding company that would acquire several other small Canadian regional newspapers. F. David Radler (born 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian executive and close associate of Conrad Black for 36 years. ... The Record is the daily (Monday–Friday) English language newspaper based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and serving the Eastern Townships region of that province. ... Motto: Ne quid nimis Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Settled 1793 Government  - Mayor Jean Perrault  - Governing body Sherbrooke City Council  - MPs Serge Cardin  - MNAs Jean Charest Area  - City 353. ...

Corporate ownership through holding companies

George Black died in June 1976,leaving Conrad and his older brother, Montegu, a 22.4% stake in Ravelston Corp., which by then owned 61% voting control of Argus Corporation, an influential holding company in Canada, and a stake in a mining company called Hollinger. Early in his business career Conrad Black was taken under the wing of two prominent Canadian businessmen: John Angus "Bud" McDougald and E. P. Taylor, and following McDougald's death in 1978, Black acquired a controlling interest in the shareholding of Argus. Argus Corporation, based in Toronto, Ontario, is an investment and holding company founded in 1945 by Bud McDougald. ... Hollinger Inc. ... Edward Plunket Taylor, (January 29, 1901 - May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. ...

On July 4 of the same year, Black paid $30-million to take control of Ravelston and voting control of Argus and its headquarters at 10 Toronto Street in Toronto. This controversial arrangement resulted in the widows of Argus Corp.'s McDougald and Eric Phillips (a daughter of Samuel McLaughlin, a founder of General Motors Canada) claiming that he had frauded them. At the time, Argus owned some of Canada's most prominent blue-chip companies, such as: Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin (September 8, 1871 - January 6, 1972) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and founder, in 1907, of the McLaughlin Motor Car Co. ... GM Canada Old Logo (used in the 1990s) General Motors of Canada Limited (GM Canada) is the name of General Motors Canadian division. ...

• Dominion Stores, Canada's largest supermarket chain
• Massey Ferguson, Canada's large multi-national farm machinery corporation
• Hollinger Mines, a gold-mining company in Timmins, Ontario
• Norcen Energy, an energy and pipeline operation.

Black resigned as Chairman of the struggling Massey Ferguson company in 1979, after which Argus divested its shares to the employee union.^[3] Hollinger Mines was then turned into a holding company. The Dominion name is used by two separate supermarket chains in Canada. ... A Massey-Ferguson 135. ... Hollinger Mine A mining company called Hollinger Gold Mine was discovered by Benny Hollinger in Timmins, Ontario and in 1910 the company was incorporated by Noah Timmins and partners. ... Timmins, with a population of 42,997 (2006), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ...

In 1981 Norcen Energy, one of his companies, acquired a minority position in Ohio-based Hanna Mining Co.; a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stating that Norcen took "an investment position" in Hanna. However, the filing failed to disclose that Norcen's board planned to seek majority control. Black subsequently was charged by the SEC with filing misleading public statements, charges that were later withdrawn by "consent decree" after Black and Norcen agreed not to break securities laws in the future.

Dominion pension dispute

In 1984, Black withdrew over $56 million from the Dominion workers' pension plan surplus without consulting plan members, considering the surplus the rightful property of the employer. The Dominion Union complained, a public outcry ensued, and the case went to court. The Supreme Court of Ontario eventually ruled against Black on this case, and ordered him to return the money to the pension fund, claiming that though the most recent language in the plan suggested the employer had ownership of the surplus, the original intention was to keep the surplus in the plan to increase members' benefits.^[4] Black appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, which upheld the lower court's decision.^[5] A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. ... The Ontario Court of Appeal is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall. ... The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. ...

Black's allegations of libel and defamation

In 1983, Black sued U.S. society magazine Town & Country over an allegedly defamatory article by Canadian journalist and Black biographer Peter C. Newman. However, the case was not tested in a courtroom. Town & Country is an American magazine focusing on high society and fashion. ... Peter Charles Newman (born May 10, 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian journalist who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. ...

In 1990, the Canadian division of Penguin Books agreed to destroy 6,200 copies of Whose Money Is It Anyway?, after Black started a libel suit over passages about the Dominion pensions dispute. Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. ...

The Globe and Mail has also settled a libel suit brought against it by Black over its profile of him.^[6] The Globe and Mail is a large English language national newspaper based in Toronto, Canada, and printed in seven cities across Canada. ...

Becoming a press baron

Black gradually became the latest in a series of Canadian-born British press lords—his predecessors include Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook; Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan; and Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. William Maxwell Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (May 25, 1879 – June 9, 1964) was a Canadian – British business tycoon and politician. ... Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan of Huntingdon (born July 18, 1848 - died January 28, 1938) was a Canadian publisher of Scots-Quebec ancestry. ... Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (June 5, 1894 – August 4, 1976), was a newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur. ...

In 1985, Black was approached by Andrew Knight, (then the editor of The Economist), and invited to make an investment in the ailing Telegraph group. By buying into the Telegraph group, Black made his entry into the British press. Andrew Stephen Bower Knight (born 1st November 1939 in England) is a journalist, editor, and media magnate. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ...

In 1989, Black bought the Jerusalem Post and subsequently fired the majority of its staff.^{[citation needed]} The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli newspaper in the English language. ...

By 1990, his companies ran over 400 newspaper titles in North America, the preponderance of them small community papers.

Hollinger bought a minority stake in the Southam newspaper chain in 1993. In the same year, Black published his first autobiography, A Life in Progress , and acquired the Chicago Sun Times. Hollinger International shares were listed on New York Stock Exchange in 1996, at which time the company boosted its stake in Southam to a control position.

He launched the National Post in Toronto in 1998 but sold his interest in 2001. The National Post is a major Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Toronto. ...

In 1999-2000 Hollinger International unloaded several newspapers in five deals worth a total of US$679-million. The price tag included millions of dollars in "non-compete agreements" for Hollinger insiders. Later in the year, Hollinger International announced the sale of 13 major Canadian newspapers, 126 community newspapers, Internet properties and half of the National Post to CanWest Global Communications Corp. CanWest Global Communications Corp. ...

Hollinger International sold the rest of the National Post to CanWest in the summer of 2001. By October, fund-management company Tweedy Browne, which owns 12.7% of Hollinger shares, wrote to complain about Black's compensation and management fees paid to Ravelston. To reduce debt, Hollinger sold its 15% stake in CanWest for $271-million.

Black was ranked 235th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £175m. Since 1989 the British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times (sister paper to The Times) has published an annual supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List. ...

Marriage to Amiel

Black's first marriage was to Joanna (born Shirley) Hishon of Montreal, who worked as a secretary in his brother Montegu's brokerage office. The couple had two sons, Jonathan David Conrad and James Patrick Leonard Black, and a daughter, Alana Whitney Elizabeth Black.^[7] In 2001, Black gave up his Canadian citizenship, became a member of the Hurlingham Club, and was created a life peer as Baron Black of Crossharbour in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where he sat as a member of the British Conservative Party until July 13, 2007, when he was denied the whip (effectively expelling him from the Conservative Party grouping in the House of Lords) as a result of his conviction. Black cannot be stripped of his peerage without an Act of British Parliament; however, the British government proposed in a recent White Paper that convicted criminals be stripped of their peerages, meaning Black could lose his title should he lose his appeal in the American courts, and should the government implement the proposal before the end of his prison term.^[8] Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... The Hurlingham Club is an exclusive sporting club in South-West London, in Fulham, built on the site (or extremely close to the site of) Ranelagh Gardens. ... Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ... The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... A white paper is an authoritative report. ...

Even without his Canadian citizenship, Black continues to enjoy the privileges of membership in the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, to which he was appointed by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in 1992, which includes the use of a special diplomatic Canadian passport. The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative in Canada of the Canadian Monarch, who is Canadas Head of State; Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share a single... Ramon John Ray Hnatyshyn, PC, CC, CMM, CD, BA, LL.B, QC FRHSC (hon) (anglicized pronunciation ) (March 16, 1934 – December 18, 2002) was Canadas twenty-fourth governor general, serving from 1990 to 1995. ... Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... Cover of a Canadian passport Inside of a Canadian passport Canadian passports are issued to citizens of Canada for the purpose of international travel. ...

Criminal fraud trial

It was announced on 17 November 2003, after an internal inquiry alleged that Black had received over $7 million in unauthorized payments of company funds, that he would resign as chief executive of Hollinger. By 17 January the following year it was reported that the executive committee of the board of directors of Hollinger International had also obtained Black's resignation as chairman. A special committee at Hollinger, investigating the unauthorized payments, filed a lawsuit in New York for the recovery of the money, and Hollinger International filed a $200 million (USD) lawsuit against Lord Black and his former top lieutenant, David Radler, as well as against the companies Black has used to control the publishing.^[9] 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sun-Times Media Group (until recently Hollinger International) NYSE: SVN is the holding company of a Chicago based newspaper group. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hollinger International is the holding company of a Chicago based newspaper group. ...

On 15 November 2004, the SEC filed civil fraud lawsuits against Lord Black and several others,^[10] and just over one year later, on 17 November, eleven criminal fraud charges were brought by U. S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald against Black and three former Hollinger executives; eight of the criminal fraud charges were against Black, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. After a hearing in late 2006, his bail was raised to $21 million (USD). is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Securities and Exchange Commission” redirects here. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. ... Patrick J. Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. ...

Fitzgerald laid four new federal charges against Black in Chicago on 15 December 2005, consisting of racketeering, obstruction of justice, money laundering and wire fraud. Under the racketeering count, Fitzgerald was seeking forfeiture of more than $92,000,000 (USD); the obstruction count related to a video that appears to show Black illegally removing more than a dozen boxes from the Toronto office of Hollinger Inc.^[11] Black returned the boxes about a week after the video had become public. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Modern Obstruction of Justice, in a common law state, refers to the crime of offering interference of any sort to the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other (usually government) officials. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... Wire fraud is a legal concept in the United States Code which provides for enhanced penalty of any criminally fraudulent activity if it is determined that the activity involved electronic communications of any sort, at any phase of the event. ... Search and seizure is a legal procedure used in many common law whereby police or other authorities and their agents, who suspect that a crime has been committed, do a search of a persons property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime. ...

It was on 26 September 2006, that the Globe and Mail reported Black was taking steps to regain his Canadian citizenship. Although possibly a strategic maneuver against potentially serving a sentence in the US or being prevented from crossing the border following a conviction, Lord Black, in an interview on TVOntario on 25 September, claimed that his legal problems had retarded the process by which he would reclaim his citizenship: "I always said that I would take my citizenship back, and if it wasn't for all these legal problems, I would have done it by now." He told interviewer Steve Paikin that he was working through "normal channels." is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city or town but now usually a country) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... TVOntario, officially the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, is an educational public television broadcaster in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Paikin is a journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontarios newsmagazines Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity. ...

Black's trial for criminal fraud commenced on 14 March 2007.^[12] March 14 is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Verdict

After twelve days of deliberation, on 13 July 2007, a jury found Black guilty of three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice, but acquitted him of the other nine charges, including wire fraud and racketeering. He faces a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison when sentenced. His co-accused were also found guilty.^[13] is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Six days following, Judge Amy St. Eve sustained Black's $21 million bail package, accepting defense assertions that the former newspaper publisher would return to court for sentencing. St. Eve said Black, while free, remains restricted to travel within the court's jurisdiction in Illinois, and to his Florida home. She said she would take under advisement his request to travel to Toronto.^[14] ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

Reaction and consequences

Black will have to return to court 1 August, 2007, wherein his lawyers must provide more information about his finances and offer greater assurances he will not fight extradition if allowed to leave the United States. The judge indicated she based her concerns on comments Black has made throughout the trial, and since the conviction; Black had told journalists he would continue his "long war" against the charges, and he said "any conviction is unsatisfactory."^[15] Further, investigators hired by Hollinger companies have been examining more than forty bank accounts may be, or may have been, held in the name of Black, his wife, or entities that appear to be affiliated with the couple. According to court filings, Ravelston Corp. also had a subsidiary in Barbados called Argent News Inc. and another in Bermuda called Sugra Bermuda Ltd.^[16] A report by a special committee of the board of Hollinger International Inc. said Black co-owned two Barbados companies, Moffat Management Inc. and Black-Amiel Management Inc., which both received millions of dollars in payments, the former allegedly owned by Black and his co-defendants, and the latter by Black, his wife and Boultbee.^[17] If Black's conviction is upheld on appeal, Hollinger is expected to seek repayment of the fees; in March, 2006, the company said in a regulatory filing that it had spent $61.9-million on legal fees for Black, Boultbee, Kipniss and Atkinson.^[17]

After the verdict, New Democratic Party of Canada Member of Parliament Charlie Angus publicly called for Black's expulsion from the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and for his removal from the Order of Canada, for the latter citing the previous examples of Alan Eagleson and David Ahenakew. The Toronto Star similarly called for Governor General Michaëlle Jean to remove Black from the Order.^[18] Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated that Black would have to go through regular channels to attempt to regain his Canadian citizenship, that membership in the Order of Canada is the purview of the Governor General and that decisions about the Privy Council would only take place after the legal process, including appeal, had been completed.^[19] The Order of Canada advisory council to the Governor General is expected to meet in the autumn of 2007 to discuss Conrad Black's appointment to the honour.^[18] This article is about the Canadian political party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Charlie (Chuck) Angus (born November 14, 1962 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, broadcaster and musician, who entered electoral politics in 2004 as the successful New Democratic Party of Canada candidate in the Ontario riding of Timmins—James Bay. ... The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the... Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ... Robert Alan Eagleson (born April 24, 1933) is a Canadian lawyer, politician, hockey agent and promotor, famous for his role in promoting the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, the Canada Cup (now the World Cup of Hockey), and his representation of famous hockey players such as... David Ahenakew in April 2005 David Ahenakew (born July 28, 1933) is a Canadian First Nations politician, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. ... The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... Michaëlle Jean, CC, CMM, COM, CD, DUniv (honoris causa), D.Litt (honoris causa) , (born September 6, 1957, in Port-au-Prince, Haïti) is the current Governor General of Canada. ... Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...

Unless Black's verdict is overturned on appeal, the chances of his even being able to cross the border into Canada are slight, as his criminal conviction renders him inadmissible to Canada unless he gets a dispensation from the Crown as per the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. Even if he were to regain his right to reside in the country, "Canadian citizenship can't be granted to those who are criminally inadmissible and neither the minister nor the Governor in Council (cabinet) can override that," according to an immigration department spokesperson.^[20] The loss of his Canadian citizenship also makes it impossible for Black to be transferred to a Canadian prison where he would be eligible for parole much sooner than if he were to serve time in the United States or Britain.^[20] Hon. ...

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Black also faces a number of suits against him:

• The Ontario Securities Commission and its US counterpart, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, are expected to start proceedings against Black
• Black faces court claims by companies he formerly controlled, including Hollinger Inc. and Hollinger International, now renamed Sun-Times Media Group.
• Class-action suits seeking damages of hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be filed by retail and institutional investors embittered by stock market losses racked up by his former companies after shareholder complaints of accounting irregularities.
• Sun-Times Media Group Inc. is suing Black for US$542 million, accusing him and other former executives of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company. The suit alleges they engaged in racketeering, allowing the company to seek triple damages under U.S. anti-corruption laws.
• Toronto-based Hollinger Inc. is suing Black, claiming damages of more than US$700 million, including breach of contract, conspiracy, unjust enrichment and unlawful interference with Hollinger's economic interest.
• Sotheby's International Realty Inc., which claims Black owes US$557,000 in commission on the sale of his Park Avenue apartment.
• U.S. institutional investor Cardinal Capital is involved in several suits against Black's companies, including a Chicago-based lawsuit alleging federal securities violations filed by a group including a Louisiana teachers' pension fund.
• Canadian investors have launched $4-billion class-action lawsuit against Black, his wife Barbara Amiel Black, David Radler and others, alleging they suffered market losses that may have been caused by the controversies surrounding Black's management.

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Related litigation launched by Black

Black has filed a libel suit in Ontario, seeking $1.1 billion in damages, against members of the Hollinger International board committee, which produced a 2004 report accusing him of looting the company. He is further seeking $20.6 million plus interest relating to money he paid to Sun-Times Media Group in July 2004. Hollinger Inc., which was formerly controlled by Black and which retains an equity and voting interest in Sun-Times Media Group, said in December it disputes Black's claim for damages and "believes that, in any event, it has a valid basis for offsetting any successful claim by Black against various amounts it has claimed from Black." ^[21] Black is suing the US Government, claiming the Federal Bureau of Investigation improperly seized US$9 million from the sale of his Park Avenue apartment. Black also has an outstanding an $11-million libel suit against British author Tom Bower, claiming his book Conrad & Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, is "vindictive, high-handed, contemptuous, sadistic, pathologically mendacious and malicious."^[22] This article describes the government of the United States. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. ... Tom Bower is a British writer. ...

Books written

As a young man Black also wrote a thesis on Quebec's controversial longest serving premier, Maurice Duplessis, which was subsequently published in 1977 as a lengthy biography, entitled Duplessis (ISBN 0-7710-1530-5). Duplessis, who died in office in 1959, had been regarded by Canadian historians and journalists as a reactionary authoritarian; Black defended him as a canny progressive force. Duplessis campaigning in the 1952 election. ...

While CEO of Hollinger International, Conrad Black used its funds to purchase at auction a collection of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's private papers for several million dollars (USD). With the assistance of conservative writers, including his wife, he produced a bestselling 1,280-page biography, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom (ISBN 978158648184), in 2003. FDR redirects here. ...

The book relies heavily upon the information in the FDR collection he owns, emphasizing small, sometimes very personal details of FDR's life.

The book maintains that FDR was neither the guileless, patrician altruist that his admirers would like to portray, nor the dupe for Stalin at Yalta that his opponents portray. Rather, FDR is presented as a complex individual who was able to marshall the forces that saved the United States from the Great Depression and the world from totalitarianism in World War II. Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... Yalta (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: ) is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ... The Great Depression started after October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ...

In 1993 Black published an autobiography titled A Life in Progress (ISBN 9781550135206).

Black's most recent book, The Invincible Quest: the Life of Richard Milhous Nixon (ISBN 978-0771011238), is a biography of US President Richard Nixon that runs 1,000 pages and was released in Canada in May 2007 near the end of his trial in Illinois. The book reportedly casts Nixon in a more sympathetic light than that in which he is normally seen. Black has told the Globe and Mail that his next book will be "more personal" and "about the events of the day."^[23] For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ...

Biographies and portrayal in popular culture

• The documentary film Citizen Black, which premiered at the 2004 Montreal and Cambridge film festivals, traces Black's life and filmmaker Debbie Melnyk's attempts in 2003 to interview Black, and her eventual interview.^[24] US prosecutors subpoenad unused footage of a 2003 shareholders meeting for use in Black's trial.^[25]
• Canadian actor Albert Schultz portrayed Black in the 2006 CTV movie Shades of Black.
• Bower's dual biography Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge (ISBN 0007232349) was published in 2006 by Harper Collins.

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References

• [3] Guardian Unlimited Special Report - Conrad Black, Hollinger and the Telegraph - Ongoing archive collection of news and analysis.
• [4] SEC - Breeden Report - Complete 512-page copy of the Report of Investigation by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Hollinger International Inc.
• [5] - Black fired, faces $200M lawsuit. In 2004 Black faced a number of law suits from investors and others claiming highly inappropriate financial dealings as well as audit fraud concerning circulation at his papers.
• Devin Leonard. "Black & Blue: Shareholders are beating up Hollinger CEO Conrad Black over his huge, tricky pay packages. He calls them 'governance terrorists'". Fortune. 29 September 2003.
• [6] - News release from the Privy Council of Canada on the lawsuit filed against Jean Chrétien by Conrad Black.

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External links

• Conrad Black profile from NNDB
• Barbara Amiel profile from NNDB
• Conrad Black profile from RightWeb
• Conrad Black profile from Media Circus
• Lord Black of Crossharbour: The Life and Times of Conrad Black CBC, documentary originally aired 24 March 2005
• Conrad Black at IdeaCity on CITY-TV