Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Monday, June 23, 2014

Nigel Wright set to return to Onex, CEO says

Nigel Wright, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, is poised to return to Onex Corp., CEO Gerald Schwartz said yesterday.

Wright, who left the Prime Minister's Office in May 2013 after cutting a personal cheque to pay back improper expenses for Senator Mike Duffy, is a former managing director of the private equity firm.

Schwartz told Bloomberg he is “hopeful” that Wright will return to Onex in the near future and that it is likely he would be posted to the London office of the firm.

Onex is making a push into Europe and set up an office in London two years ago to guide its investment strategy.

A Harvard-trained lawyer, Wright was respected broker of multimillion-dollar deals for Onex Corp. before joining the PMO in 2011. Onex had agreed to hold a job for him for two years.

Wright left his job as the prime minister’s aide in 2013, taking sole responsibility for writing a $90,000 cheque to Duffy. Initially, the story was that Wright had resigned voluntarily, but Harper later said he fired Wright.

The RCMP said in April that Wright would not face criminal charges.

Original Article
Source: CBC
Author: cbc

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