Barbara Amiel

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After the Conrad Black trial ended there was speculation in the press that he might be put away for as long as 20 years. He ended up receiving a sentence of 61/2 . I think this is a fair sentence for a man of his age. With good behavior he could be looking at an earlier release. What is tragic or tragicomic (depending on your point-of-view) about this whole saga isn't just the issue of corporate misconduct, but the fact that a man with the potential to have done great things in Canada is going to end up mopping the floors in a Florida ... Read Full Story

DOUBLE BARF ALERT - Warning .... only those with stomachs that can withstand complete bull droppings from spoiled, corrupt Right wingers like Barbara Amiel should read this post! "If ostensibly privileged defendants like us can be baselessly smeared, wrongly deprived, falsely accused, shamelessly persecuted . . . what happens to the vulnerable, the powerless, the working-class people whose savings have been eaten up trying to defend themselves?" Barbara Amiel "It's a valid point, albeit one that doesn't take into account Conrad's apparent entrepreneurial recklessness -- especially of venturing into the U.S. where, some 25 years earlier, he'd tangled with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ... Read Full Story

Regarding her negative comments about reporters, Barbara Amiel said: "It was a private conversation with my stepdaughter and I'm not going to confirm or deny those words," Amiel Black said. "They were about specific journalists and they know who they are," said the former newspaper editor and columnist. "And I am here for more important things, I really am." Read Full Story

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