Jeffrey Simpson - Jeffrey Simpson Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist, has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes -- the Governor General's Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing. He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism. In January, 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada. Born in New York, Mr. Simpson came to Canada when he was 10 years old and studied at the University of Toronto Schools, Queen's University and the London School of Economics. In 1972-73, he received a parliamentary internship scholarship in Ottawa. A year later, he joined The Globe and Mail newspaper. His career with the newspaper.
Jeffrey (name) - Jeffrey (name) Jeffrey is a common English name. It is most commonly spelled as Jeffrey, but sometimes spelled with one f as in Jefrey. The name Geoffrey is also very similar to Jeffrey. Nicknames and Alternate Names Jeff Famous Jeffreys Jeffrey Amherst Jeffrey Archer Jeffrey Carver Jeffrey W. Coombs Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Eugenides Jeff Gordon Jeffrey Kennett Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Jeffrey Shaara Jeffrey Simpson.
Simpson - Simpson Simpson is the name of some places in the United States of America including Simpson, Illinois Simpson, Kansas Simpson, Louisiana Simpson, North Carolina Simpson is also the name of a place in the United Kingdom Simpson, Milton Keynes There is a Simpson Desert in Australia People whose surname is or was Simpson include Alan Simpson -- British scriptwriter (Galton and Simpson) Derrick "Duckie" Simpson -- reggae musician (Black Uhuru) E. H. Simpson -- American statistician (Simpson's paradox) Gerald Simpson -- British musician (808 State) James Young Simpson -- Scottish physician Jeffrey Simpson -- Canadian journalist Jessica Simpson -- pop singer Matthew Simpson -- American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mona Simpson -- American novelist O. J. Simpson -- American football player Robert Simpson --.
Globe and Mail - Globemedia division, and several reporters from one of the outlets frequently appear on the other. Editorially, the Globe and Mail has historically been a conservative paper, though in the past few years it has increasingly become more liberal, especially when compared to its chief rival, the National Post. Due to the competition from the Post the paper has made other changes, such as the introduction of colour photographs and the creation of the "Review" section on Arts and Entertainment. Regular Columnists Jeffrey Simpson Rick Salutin Russell Smith Margaret Wente Spider Robinson Ken Wiwa Christie Blatchford.
1994 - New York governorship under the Libertarian Party ticket. March 24 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated. Mario Aburto Martinez is arrested for the crime and confesses on the same day. March 28 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg killing 18. March 31 - The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull (see Human evolution). April 7 - Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda. April 26 - South Africa holds its first multiracial elections. May 6 - The Chunnel, which took 15,000 workers over seven years to complete, opens between England and France. Travelers can now travel between the two countries in 35 minutes. May 9 -.
1980 Governor General's Awards - Finalists: Susan Musgrave, The Charcoal Burners Leon Rooke, Fat Woman Poetry and Drama Winner: Stephen Scobie, McAlmon's Chinese Opera Other Finalist: Douglas Lochhead, High March Road Nonfiction Winner: Jeffrey Simpson, Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration Other Finalists: John Fraser, The Chinese: Portrait of a People Donald MacKay, Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector French Language Fiction Winner: Pierre Turgeon, La première personne Other Finalists: Gilbert LaRocque, Les masques Hélène Ouvrard, La noyante Poetry and Drama Winner: Michel Van Schendel, De l'oeil et de l'écoute Other Finalists: Nicole Brossard, Amantes Gilles Cyr, Ce lieu Nonfiction Winner: Maurice Champagne-Gilbert, La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir Other Finalists: Jean-Luc Hétu, Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel Yvan Lamonde, La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec Other Governor.
1988 in Canada - of the French Language is unconstitutional December 21 - The Quebec government reinstates the language laws using the notwithstanding clause Svend Robinson, a Member of Parliament since 1979 announces that he is gay Maher Arar immigrates to Canada David Lam becomes Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Calgary hosts the 1988 Winter Olympics CHUM media buys the building at the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto as their headquarters. Conrad Black gains control of the The Spectator The War Measures Act is replaced with the Emergencies Act. Figure skater Kurt Browning completes the first ever quadruple toe loop in competition Arts and literature New works Timothy Findley - Stones Morley Callaghan - A Wild Old Man on the Road Jeffrey Simpson - Spoils of Power Bill Bissett - What We.
2000 in Canada - resigns as CEO of Corel October 16 - Beaton Tulk becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Tobin November 27 - In the 2000 Canadian election Jean Chrétien's Liberal increases its majority in the House of Commons November 30 - Marc Garneau returns to space for a third time December - the federal government opens a marijuana growing operation in an abandoned mine in Manitoba Canada passes Bill C-23 which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry. Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 28-26 over the Montreal Alouettes Vanier Cup: Ottawa Gee Gees win 42-39 over the Regina Rams Arts and literature New Books The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond - Michael Ignatieff Star-Spangled Canadians - Jeffrey Simpson The Farfarers,.
2001 in Canada - begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war October 21 - Chris Jericho wins WCW Championship October 22 - Chris Jericho and The Rock win the WWF Tag Team Championship December 9 - Chris Jericho becomes first to unify WWE and the WCW Championships hence becoming first ever Undisputed Champion Chris Hadfield becomes the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk CTV purchases the Globe and Mail Arts and literature New Books Dolce Agonia - Nancy Huston Life of Pi - Yann Martel The Stone Carvers - Jane Urquhart Eunoia - Christian Bök Discipline of Power - Jeffrey Simpson New Plays Shadows - Timothy Findley Awards Alistair MacLeod's No Great Mischief wins the lucrative IMPAC Award Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan See.
Person of the Year - previous choices such as Adolf Hitler demonstrating that Man of the Year did not necessarily mean "Best Human Being of the Year". According to stories in respected newspapers, TIME's editors anguished over the choice, fearing that selecting the al-Qaeda leader might offend readers (and advertisers). Adding a wrinkle to the equation was the fact that bin Laden had already appeared on its covers on October 1, November 12, and November 26. Many readers expressed dissatisfaction at the idea of seeing his face on the cover again. In the end, Giuliani's selection led many to criticize that TIME had chickened out. Men of the Year 1927- Charles Lindbergh 1928- Walter Chrysler 1929- Owen Young 1930- Mahatma Gandhi 1931- Pierre Laval 1932- Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933- Hugh Johnson 1934- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2nd.
Prime Minister of Canada - At the next election, the expelled member will usually not be allowed to run for the party again. They may run as an independent candidate but they will not receive money from the party to fund their re-election campaign. Members who vote against less important legislation jeopardize their chances of joining/remaining in the Cabinet, or chairing committees. A far more common form or protest, that rarely has serious repercussions is abstaining from a vote. Members of the governing party almost always “toe the party line,” guaranteeing that the will of the Prime Minister of Canada is carried out. Brian Mulroney 18th Prime Minister (1984-1993) Former Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, who more than any previous Prime Minister consolidated power in the PMO (Prime Minister's Office), once derisively referred to federal backbenchers in.
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Order of Canada - be promoted to Officers, and Officers may be promoted to Companions; this is generally done five years or more after the initial appointment. Citizens of other countries are eligible for honorary appointments at all three levels. The maximum number of honorary appointments per year is five. Past appointments include: David Ahenakew, First Nations leader Pitseolak Ashoona, Inuit artist Jean Beliveau, professional ice hockey player Pierre Berton, journalist, author, popularizer of Canadian history Leonard Cohen, writer, poet and musician Ernie Coombs, a.k.a. "Mr. Dressup" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV personality Terry Fox, athlete and cancer fundraising activist Wayne Gretzky, professional ice hockey player Geddy Lee, musician Gordon Lightfoot, folk singer, songwriter Jan Narveson, educator Mordecai Richler, author Jeffrey Simpson, journalist.
MEPs for the UK since 1999 - (European People's Party) Eryl Margaret McNally (Party of European Socialists) David W. Martin (Party of European Socialists) Bill Miller (Party of European Socialists) Claude Moraes (Party of European Socialists) Eluned Morgan (Party of European Socialists) Simon Francis Murphy (Party of European Socialists) N Bill Newton Dunn (European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party) James Nicholson (European People's Party) Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party) O Barbara O'Toole (Party of European Socialists) P Ian R.K. Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) Neil Parish (European People's Party) Roy Perry (European People's Party) James L.C. Provan (European People's Party) John Purvis (European People's Party) R Imelda Mary Read (Party of European Socialists) S Brian Simpson (Party of European Socialists) Peter William Skinner (Party of European Socialists) Struan Stevenson (European People's Party) Catherine Stihler.
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly - Eileen Bell Seamus Close David Ford Naomi Long Keiran Mccarthy Sean Neeson Democratic Unionist Party Norah Beare (elected as UUP) Paul Berry Thomas Buchanan Gregory Campbell Wilson Clyde George Dawson Diane Dodds Nigel Dodds Jeffrey Donaldson (elected as UUP) Alex Easton George Ennis Arlene Foster (elected as UUP) Paul Girvan William Hay David Hilditch Nelson McCausland William McCrea Maurice Morrow Stephen Moutray Robin Newton Ian Paisley Ian Paisley Jnr Edwin Poots George Robinson Iris Robinson Mark Robinson Peter Robinson Jim Shannon David Simpson Mervyn Storey Peter Weir Jim Wells Sammy Wilson Independent KieranDeeny Progressive Unionist Party David Ervine Sinn Fein Gerry Adams Francis Brolly Willie Clarke Bairbre De Brun Pat Doherty Geraldine Dougan Michael Ferguson Michelle Gildernew Davy Hyland Gerry Kelly Alex Maskey Fra McCann Barry McElduff Philip McGuigan Martin McGuinness.
MEPs for the UK since 1999 by region - the Humber 11 Wales 12 West Midlands East Midlands Roger Helmer Mel Read Bill Newton Dunn Phillip Whitehead Christopher Heaton-Harris Nicholas Clegg East of England Robert Sturdy Eryl McNally Christopher Beazley Bashir Khanbhai Richard Howitt Andrew Duff Geoffrey Van Orden Jeffrey Titford London Claude Moraes Theresa Villiers Robert Evans Charles Tannock Richard Balfe Baroness Sarah Ludford Ian Twinn Mary Honeyball John Bowis Jean Lambert Northern Ireland Ian Paisley John Hume James Nicholson North East England Stephen Hughes Martin Callanan Barbara O'Toole Gordon Adam North West England Lord Inglewood Arlene McCarthy Robert Atkins Gary Titley David Sumberg Chris Davies Terry Wynn Den Dover Brian Simpson Jacqueline Foster Scotland David Martin Ian Hudghton Struan Stevenson Bill Miller Neil MacCormick John Purvis Elspeth Attwooll Catherine Stihler South East England James Provan Roy Perry Peter.
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001 - (Glasgow Pollok) Rt. Hon. David John Denzil Davies (Llanelli) Geraint Richard Davies (Croydon Central) John Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford) Rt. Hon. David Michael Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) Rt. Hon. Terry Davis (Birmingham Hodge Hill) Thomas Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre) Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean (Burton) Rt. Hon. John Yorke Denham (Southampton Itchen) Parmjit Singh Dhanda (Gloucester) Andrew Hartley Dismore (Hendon) Jonathan Simon Djanogly (Huntingdon) James Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton) Rt. Hon. Frank Gordon Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras) Nigel Alexander Dodds (Belfast North) Pat Doherty (West Tyrone) Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (Lagan Valley) Brian Harold Donohoe (Cunninghame South) Frank Doran (Aberdeen Central) Rt. Hon. Stephen James Dorrell (Charnwood) Susan Kathleen Doughty (Guildford) James Patrick Dowd (Lewisham West) David Elliott Drew (Stroud) Julia Kate Drown (South Swindon) Alan James Carter Duncan (Rutland.
MPs elected in the UK general election, 1992 - Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick (Sheffield Hallam) John Haggitt Charles Patten (Oxford West and Abingdon) Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie (Chertsey and Walton) James Francis Pawsey (Rugby and Kenilworth) Elizabeth Joan Peacock (Batley and Spen) Thomas Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde) Eric Jack Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire) Peter Leslie Pike (Burnley) Gregory James Pope (Hyndburn) Barry Porter (Wirral South) David John Porter (Waveney) George Barrington Porter (Wirral South) Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (Enfield Southgate) Raymond Powell (Ogmore) William Rhys Powell (Corby) Bridget Theresa Prentice (Lewisham East) Gordon Prentice (Pendle) John Leslie Prescott (Kingston-upon-Hull East) Dawn Primarolo (Bristol South) Kenneth Purchase (Wolverhampton North East) Q Joyce Gwendolen Quin (Gateshead East) R Giles Henage Radice (North Durham) Stuart Jeffrey Randall (Kingston-upon-Hull West) John Rankin Rathbone (Lewes) Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford (Greenwich) Martin.
MPs elected in the UK general election, 1997 - (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, C) Tom Cox (Tooting) James Cran (Beverley & Holderness) Ross Cranston (Dudley, N) David Crausby (Bolton, NE) Ann Cryer (Keighley) John Cryer (Hornchurch) John Cummings (Easington) Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh) Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland) Jim Cunningham (Coventry, S) Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) David Curry (Skipton & Ripon) Clare Curtis-Tansley (Crosby) D Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow) Alastair Darling (Edinburgh, C) Keith Darvill (Upminster) Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion) Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton) Valerie Davey (Bristol, W) Ian Davidson (Glasgow Pollok) Denzil Davies (Llanelli) Geraint Davies (Croydon, C) Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stanford) Ron Davies (Caerphilly) David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden) Terry Davis (Birmingham Hodge Hill) Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre) Stephen Day (Cheadle) Janet Dean (Burton) Donald Dewar (Glasgow Anniesland) John Denham (Southampton Itchen) Andrew Dismore (Hendon) Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton) Frank Dobson (Holborn.
