Pierre Elliot Trudeau and the Golden Telephone: a national security tale

In this last newsletter for 2024, a bit of a change of focus - a story about the Golden Telephone that once (still?) connects the PM to the President

Ian R. Mackenzie

Dec 20, 2024

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Last week I had a guest column at The Sunday Administrative Review as part of Mark Mancini's “Vavilov at 5 symposium”.

The Sunday Evening Administrative Review

Vavilov at 5: Ian R. Mackenzie

Today, as the Vavilov at 5 symposium rolls on, I am happy to present an entry from Ian R. Mackenzie. Mr. Mackenzie was an adjudicator for 22 years with Ontario and federal tribunals with a focus on labour relations, human rights, employment law, workers compensation and disability law. He now writes about adjudication, delivers training to adjudicators…

6 months ago · Mark Mancini

As a result of that publication, I had a small flurry of new subscribers. To those new subscribers, I say "be patient". This newsletter is the last one of the year and very different from the usual. As the holiday season approaches my co…

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