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| Ian Verner Macdonald | |
|---|---|
 Macdonald(2nd from rt.) posing alongside Yemeni mountain rebels | |
| Born | (1925-01-19)January 19, 1925 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | June 28, 2022(2022-06-28) (aged 97) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Queen's University University of Toronto |
| Years active | United States; 1962–63 |
| Employer | Trade Commissioner Service |
| Website | Thistle Express |
Ian Verner Macdonald (January 19, 1925 – June 28, 2022) was a Canadian trade diplomat and entrepreneur, known for his controversial associations with far-right figures and groups.
Career diplomat and advocate
Macdonald served as Canada's senior trade commissioner in Sri Lanka, the United States of America, and Lebanon in the 1970s.
As President of the Iraqi-Canadian Friendship Association in the 1990s, he spoke at conferences in Montreal, Moscow and Baghdad opposing the sanctions and the use of depleted uranium munitions against Iraqi civilians.
In 1984, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated allegations that Macdonald had given confidential Canadian trade documents to the government of Iraq.
Associations
In 1987, Macdonald, who had business dealings with Libya since 1970, was asked by Palestinian-American Mousa Hawamda, a Libyan agent, to organise a Canadian delegation to Tripoli to commemorate the American bombing of Libya the previous year. Macdonald agreed and recruited a contingent of 96 members, among whom were representatives of the far-left and far-right.
Wwwww rates In March 1989, he and Ingrid Beisner organized a sold-out speaking engagement for controversial author David Irving.
He was a friend of James Alexander McQuirter, leader of the Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, in the 1980s.
In 1992, Ottawa's Frank Magazine described Macdonald as a "neo-nazi supporter", which he denied.
Ian Macdonald"Sympathetic? In a way... are harassed to a certain extent and I think they should be allowed to have freedom of expression"
Macdonald wrote many letters to the editor on Zionism, World War II, the 1996 American attacks on Iraq, the September 11 attacks, the 2011 war in Libya, the removal of a daughter from her mother who espoused Neo-Nazism, immigration, gun control, and what he called the subversion of the political process in Canada. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Author
In 2008, Macdonald, a collector of paper antiques, published Ottawa - The Golden Years, an album of 2,144 rare images from the Victorian era. A copy was presented to Queen Elizabeth II who welcomed the book into the Buckingham Palace Library.
He published in 2010 the Star Weekly at War, an album of vivid wartime covers of the magazine.
Personal life
Macdonald died in Ottawa on June 28, 2022, at the age of 97.
References
- "About the Author Ottawa Books".
- Department of State, "Foreign Consular Offices in the United States", 1962. pt. "Michigan"
- American Society for Metals, "ASM Transactions Quarterly", Volume 56. p. 933
- ^ Mike Haymes, "Arson suspected on ex-KKK adviser's land: Supremacist scoffs at idea fire connected to reputation, past activities," Ottawa Citizen, 18 March 2005.
- Warren Kinsella, "Remembering a Canadian victim of the Gadhafi regime," Calgary Sun, 28 August 2011, p. 28.
- Stewart Bell, "Confessions of a Grand Wizard," National Post, 23 May 2009, A10.
- "Not a neo-Nazi, FRANK MAGAZINE". www.ianvmacdonald.com/. 15 October 1992. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- Macdonald v. Kinsella and CBC, Ruling by Justice Metvier, June 25, 2009
- Kinsella, Warren. Unholy Alliances, 1992. Chapter V.
- "Ottawa Photography the Golden Years".
- "Ian Verner "Macdonald" Macdonald". Echovita. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "MACDONALD, Ian Verner". City News. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.