Conrad Black joined the Under the Bus Club. Warning: Those who hate Conrad, please skip post. Those who dislike him (myself included) but are open minded enough to read his writing, please proceed.
"Whether I continued to hold these distinctions was not significant, but the process of Canada demeaning itself by robotic conformity to injustices inflicted in the United States (or any foreign country) on the holders of Canadian honours without any real review, is a matter of... some general interest. If Canada’s highest honours can be stripped away from someone because of processes that would not be acceptable in Canada, and thus validated in Canada without any due process or by qualified people-only by gnomish and nasty officials clinging like limpets to their own prejudices and piously declining to “relitigate,” the consequences reflect poorly on Canadian sovereignty and credibility as a country...
...The second issue raised is whether Canadians really want these functions exercised in this secretive, tortuous, dishonest way by such churlish people. My history of Canada will be published later this year. The sub-title is “The Rise of a Great Nation,” and it is often a gripping and prideful tale, but I am afraid the country’s institutions and the people who operate them have not entirely kept pace with what Canadians as a people have accomplished."
"Whether I continued to hold these distinctions was not significant, but the process of Canada demeaning itself by robotic conformity to injustices inflicted in the United States (or any foreign country) on the holders of Canadian honours without any real review, is a matter of... some general interest. If Canada’s highest honours can be stripped away from someone because of processes that would not be acceptable in Canada, and thus validated in Canada without any due process or by qualified people-only by gnomish and nasty officials clinging like limpets to their own prejudices and piously declining to “relitigate,” the consequences reflect poorly on Canadian sovereignty and credibility as a country...
...The second issue raised is whether Canadians really want these functions exercised in this secretive, tortuous, dishonest way by such churlish people. My history of Canada will be published later this year. The sub-title is “The Rise of a Great Nation,” and it is often a gripping and prideful tale, but I am afraid the country’s institutions and the people who operate them have not entirely kept pace with what Canadians as a people have accomplished."
He makes some valid points and whether you like him or not the man is brilliant.... and that may be part of his appearance of being arrogant.....
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