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
Left to right: Queen Elizabeth II, Jean Chrétien and Conrad Black greet World War Two veterans during a ceremony unveiling the Canada Memorial in London, England, on June 3, 1994.Despite a Liberal government in power in Canada, Black said he detected no hint of political interference in his bid to regain his citizenship and expects no further impediment to being a Canadian and a peer.
At the time, Black controlled one of the world’s largest English-language newspaper empires, with titles in Britain, the United States, Israel and Canada, including an earlier incarnation of what is now Postmedia. Blair sent a driver to his London home with applications for British citizenship, Black said. He was told to put Blair and the U.K.’s then home secretary, Jack Straw, as his citizenship sponsors.Less than a week later, he was told that Chrétien’s office asked Queen Elizabeth II not to proceed with Black’s peerage.
In 2005 he was charged in the United States with fraud in connection with his role as an executive of his newspaper company, Hollinger International. He was found guilty of fraud and obstruction of justice in Chicago in 2007.Article contentIt was contemplated that being a non-Canadian convicted felon he might not be able to return to Canada.
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