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| ⚫ | ''Yet another Warren Kinsella quote today in the National Post, this time about Tory strategy at the end of the campaign. | ||
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| ⚫ | Yet another Warren Kinsella quote today in the National Post, this time about Tory strategy at the end of the campaign. | ||
| Kinsella, who hates Paul Martin much more than he loves the Liberal Party, seems delighted in the destruction of Martin's government. He hopes to have his own flagging political career revive when there's a Liberal leadership change. | Kinsella, who hates Paul Martin much more than he loves the Liberal Party, seems delighted in the destruction of Martin's government. He hopes to have his own flagging political career revive when there's a Liberal leadership change. | ||
| It's not going to happen. Both Liberals and Tories now know that Kinsella's loyalty is to Kinsella. | It's not going to happen. Both Liberals and Tories now know that Kinsella's loyalty is to Kinsella. | ||
| And they remember Kinsella was executive assistant to Public Works minister David "I'm entitled to my entitlements" Dingwall. Kinsella was the guy who foisted Chuck Guite on the bureaucracy. He was a key actor in the sponsorship kickback scandal. And that scandal is about half the reason Paul Martin is on the skids.'' |
And they remember Kinsella was executive assistant to Public Works minister David "I'm entitled to my entitlements" Dingwall. Kinsella was the guy who foisted Chuck Guite on the bureaucracy. He was a key actor in the sponsorship kickback scandal. And that scandal is about half the reason Paul Martin is on the skids.'' | ||
| After Kinsella threatened a law suit, Bourrie clarified the statement on the blog, changing the last "he" to Guite and explaining he did not believe Kinsella was part of the kickback scheme (Jan. 26). Kinsella, however, filed a statemnt of claim against Bourrie for the entire content of the post. Bourrie issued an apology on his site, which read: "The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not the case. I apologize without reservation to Mr. Kinsella for that error on my part." He did not retract any other aspect of the post. | After Kinsella threatened a law suit, Bourrie clarified the statement on the blog, changing the last "he" to Guite and explaining he did not believe Kinsella was part of the kickback scheme (Jan. 26). Kinsella, however, filed a statemnt of claim against Bourrie for the entire content of the post. Bourrie issued an apology on his site, which read: "The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not the case. I apologize without reservation to Mr. Kinsella for that error on my part." He did not retract any other aspect of the post. | ||
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Mark Bourrie is an author, journalist, blogger and doctoral student in history at the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa, Canada. Bourrie was born in Toronto in 1957. He has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Waterloo (1991), an undergraduate diploma in public policy and administration from the University of Guelph (1995), a Master's degree in journalism from Carleton University (2004), and is now (2006) completing his thesis on Canada's World War II press censorship system.
He is the author of: Chicago of the North (Annan and Sons 1993) Ninety Fathoms Down (Dundurn 1995) The Parliament Buildings (Dundurn 1996) By Reason of Insanity (Dundurn 1997) Parliament (text of Malak Karsh's photo essay on Parliament Hill) (Key Porter 1999) Hemp (Key Porter 2003) True Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes (Key Porter/Prospero 2004) Many a Midnight Ship (Key Porter/University of Michigan Press 2005)
Bourrie worked for two decades as a freelance news and feature writer, primarily for the Globe and Mail (1981-1989) and the Toronto Star (1989-1999). His freelance writing also appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Winnipeg Free Press, Windsor Star, London Free Press, Ottawa Citizen, and Montreal Gazette. He has written for Toronto Life, Ottawa City magazine, Canadian Business, Canadian Lawyer, Canadian Geographic and The Next City.
He won a National Magazine Award (2000) and honorable mentions in 2001 and 2003. As well, in 2003 he was nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award in the magazine writing category.
Kinsella lawsuit
He drew attention to his blog in 2006 for comments about former Liberal aide Warren Kinsella. The post read:
Kinsella
Yet another Warren Kinsella quote today in the National Post, this time about Tory strategy at the end of the campaign. Kinsella, who hates Paul Martin much more than he loves the Liberal Party, seems delighted in the destruction of Martin's government. He hopes to have his own flagging political career revive when there's a Liberal leadership change. It's not going to happen. Both Liberals and Tories now know that Kinsella's loyalty is to Kinsella. And they remember Kinsella was executive assistant to Public Works minister David "I'm entitled to my entitlements" Dingwall. Kinsella was the guy who foisted Chuck Guite on the bureaucracy. He was a key actor in the sponsorship kickback scandal. And that scandal is about half the reason Paul Martin is on the skids.
After Kinsella threatened a law suit, Bourrie clarified the statement on the blog, changing the last "he" to Guite and explaining he did not believe Kinsella was part of the kickback scheme (Jan. 26). Kinsella, however, filed a statemnt of claim against Bourrie for the entire content of the post. Bourrie issued an apology on his site, which read: "The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not the case. I apologize without reservation to Mr. Kinsella for that error on my part." He did not retract any other aspect of the post.