Conrad Black also says he intends to return as a sitting member of the British House of Lords, where he sits as Lord Black of Crossharbour
“I was just so enraged at Jean Chrétien’s malice that the only way that I could frustrate him in his success … to oppose my becoming a peer while remaining a Canadian citizen was to do what I did,” Black said.He said he intends to return as a sitting member of the British House of Lords, where he sits as Lord Black of Crossharbour.
Black passed the Canadian citizenship test and spoke his oath in both official languages, including swearing loyalty to Charles III as Canada’s head of state, during a Zoom call online.He had a photo visible on the screen of him with Queen Elizabeth II, in his former capacity as honorary colonel in the Governor General’s Foot Guards.
Black’s founding of National Post in 1998 sparked a fierce newspaper war and helped make him a household name.Black’s citizenship became an unexpected issue when he was invited to sit as a Conservative member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords in 1999, an honour common among proprietors of England’s large, national newspapers.Black details his citizenship journey in a column in National Post to be published Saturday.
Black sued Chrétien that year for abusing his power by blocking his appointment. Black lost, with Ontario’s courts agreeing Chrétien was exercising Crown prerogative when he advised the Queen against conferring the honour.Article content But he was granted a permit allowing him to meet his residence requirement before applying for citizenship.
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