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Shake hands with the Bubba BY JACOB BOON ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY RUNS THE RISK OF PISSING OFF RENOWNED PATRON ROMEO DALLAIRE BY BRINGING IN FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON FOR A PHOTO OP. Slick Willy is sliding his way into X on May 11 to attend the opening of Frank McKenna’s new Frank McKenna Centre for Leadership, which is something I can’t imagine sits too well with the General. Romeo, who has been a good friend to the university in the past and has worked closely with the Coady Institute for Leadership Education, has been fiercely critical of Bill’s inaction during the mid-’90s genocide in Rwanda. Back in 1994, the Clinton Administration’s turning of a blind eye to the crisis helped lead to some 500,000 deaths, and over two million refugees fleeing the African nation. In his 2003 memoir of time stationed in Rwanda, General Dallaire recalls, with barely disguised contempt, that, “The great humanitarians in the U.S. administrations wanted no part of any- President Bill Clinton Gen. Romeo Dallaire thing inside Rwanda that could lead to American casualties.” Liberal Senator’s private secretary David Hyman let me know As for President Clinton, who offered little support while at the that “General Dallaire doesn’t comment on the public activities of same time making press statements about strong diplomatic others, as he isn’t a reporter.” aid, Romeo’s reaction was far more succinct, writing that: For his part, ex-president Bill has labelled his response to “Clinton’s fibbing dumbfounded me.” Rwanda as the biggest regret of his presidency, stating in no The General is even less talkative these days, as when I reached uncertain terms that: “I blew it.” out for his thoughts on Bill’s upcoming trip to Antigonish, the jacob@atlanticfrank.ca CHIT CHAT, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE spent the night at a party aboard a boat Congratulations to Valarie Sampson owner of Park Place Realty on being named Cape Breton female entrepreneur of the year at the Women in Business Conference in Baddeck earlier this month. Don’t mean to brag, but yours truly recognized Valarie’s business acumen Valarie Sampson well in advance of the shindig (Frank 602). Speaking of the annual biz conference, some of the ladies go for the awards, and others, well, not so much. I understand two of these fine ladies 12 FRANK MAGAZINE MAY 24, 2011 moored at the Baddeck marina along with two equally fine gentlemen. All are married, just not to each other. After their night of (presumably) innocent good times, I hear the ladies were dropped off back at their hotel, the Inverary Inn, by a white van at precisely 6:20 a.m. on Friday. When encountered on their walk of shame by a less adventurous matron, the duo stated they had been “out for a walk,” despite the fact they were clad in high heels and identical frocks from the previous evening. You go, girls! While reviewing the latest edition of Brit publication Managing Intellectual Properties, I was happy to see that Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh’s Montreal office has been honoured as the mag’s Canadian IP Firm of the Year, Canadian Trade- mark Prosecution Firm of the Year, Canadian Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year and Canadian Case of the Year, for the Amazon.com so-called “one click case.” But I was astounded to note that Cape Breton’s Largest Law Firm didn’t appear anywhere in their ranking (shurely some mistake — ed.). Naturally, I took it upon my goodself to dial the London offices of MIP to demand an explanation for their oversight. The lovely Diane, who was delighted to speak with someone “from the colonies,” dutifully searched her database, but came up empty. Even a second search, conducted after I carefully spelled the name of the venerable firm, S-a-m-p-s-o-n M-c-d-o-ug-a-l-l, was a bust. “Nothing whatsoever,” she advised, adding, “They are obviously not within our orbit”. Colour me gobsmacked.
The case of the Crown and the court reporter BY MAIRIN PRENTISS TALENTED AND FRAGRANT CROWN ATTORNEY DENISE SMITH AND HER HUBBY, CBC NEWSMAN BLAIR RHODES, HAVE GONE THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. Denise and sometimes court reporter Blair managed not to bump into each other at work, as Blair would excuse himself from reporting on any case that landshark Denise was fighting, says the Ceeb’s Regional Director Andrew Cochran. Denise was the prosecutor in the cases of Jason MacRae, Patricia Boudreau, and most recently young Aaron Marriott: the worst shot this side of the St. Lawrence. The Blairster recently signed the matrimonial abode over to Denise and moved up a couple streets in the Halifax ’burbs. Olde County Courthouses? Pilgrims of the courts suggest the deputy justice minnie Marian Tyson is angling to axe rural courthouses to save some dollars up top. Currently the Annapolis Royal Courthouse is only fully staffed three days a week. The wheels of justice come grinding to a halt sometime around Wednesday afternoon. Though the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society says there should be a fully staffed court in every county, Shelburne, Queen’s, Guysborough, Antigonish courts may soon be dusty ghost town relics, according to whispers. However, DOJ spokesthingy Tara Walsh says that while the department is facing budget cutbacks, no courthouses are slated to close. One forest dwelling Q.C. says if courts do close it will hike up legal costs for his clients, who may end up having to travel up to 70 clicks to go court. One unsympathetic court hotshot quipped, “Well they seem to get to Bingo OK.” Bright idea man leaves boards Stewart McKelvey pardner George Caines has ended his terms on the board of directors at Emera and Nova Scotia Power Corp. (where he was chair), the sentimental electricians who often graciously remind us what a pleasure it is to read by candlelight. “I was getting to be the age where it was the time for me to step down,” says George who raked in $103,624-per in his part-time gig on the Emera board. Under George and the boardies’ lightbulb-leadership, the power corp brought in record profits while proposing a 20 per cent rate hike so it can dish out more dough to the shareholders. LEGAL BRIEFS Georgie, who was called to the bar nearly 50 years ago, plans to continue working full-time for StewMac. Sporty lawyer departs Lawyer Catherine Meade is leaving her post as Bell Aliant’s corporate counsel, packing her bags and pole vaulting up-country to Toronto the Good to work for the 2015 Pan-American Games. Cat, who unsuccessfully ran for the Liberals in 2008 against Dipper Megan Leslie, is an advocate for the gay community in sport. She helped organize the 2006 World Outgames in Montreal, a sort of queer-friendly Olympics. Trans-continental Legalist Lee Cohen says his former client Tanya Bloomfield felt Canadian Immigration services was “unfavourably disposed to her because she is a transgendered person,” and sent her packin’ back to the U.K. Lee describes the situation as “quite sad on a variety of fronts. A lot of personal pain.” CIC didn’t renew Tanya’s (nee Timothy) work permit after her marriage to a Nova Scotian woman fell apart, leading to her loss of spousal sponsorship in 2010. She asked to stay in Canada anyway, saying she feared the quite-Catholic folks back home in Northern Ireland wouldn’t welcome her with open arms. Tanya moved to Brighton, England, however, not wanting to continue the fight all the way to the Refugee Board. Parker Sr. and Parker Jr. Boink and Oink’s, er, Boyne and Clarke’s young lawyer David S. Parker, the heir to adjudicator extraordinaire David T.R. Parker’s brain trust, has been charged with operating a vehicle without a licence following an October 25 incident. Well, Baby Dave, as long as you’re not operating a courtroom without a dictionary, like his Papa, then that’s swell. Young Dave, 32, toils as a personal injury lawyer. He’s due back in court on May 31. mairin@atlanticfrank.ca MAY 24, 2011 FRANK MAGAZINE 13
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