Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 local 2001 Chretien protest Over British Knighthood fails to ruin Bains honour sir George stuck in the Middle by Carol Sanders a former Winnipeg Ger has found himself at the Centre of a diplomatic Row Over the granting of elite titles to Cana Dian sir George Bain knighted in London last weekend grew up in Winnipeg and has an masters of arts degree in economics from the University of who has dual is head of Belfast Queens University and was knighted along with Welsh born Ottawa billionaire entrepreneur Terence prime minister Jean Chretien has expressed his disapproval with great Britain at the Lack of consultation with the British government now wants to meet Canadian officials to eliminate any future misunderstandings by discussing the system used to award honours and we regret any misunderstand a spokesman the British prime ministers said yes said the protest by the Canadian government did not take any of the meaning away from his i take no offence at this at he said in an interview from Belfast Bain said the Canadian High commission in London had contacted him and stressed they sup ported his personal achievement cited in the but had a policy problem with the process used by the British Len a longtime Friend of called Chretien reaction a bit its a knee Jerk reaction from the mayor of said after getting off the phone with Bain to congratulate Simpson and Bain think Chretien reaction has to do with his quashing of Canadian businessman Conrad Blacks bid for a British peerage after unfavourable stories about the pm appeared in the National which was wholly owned by Blacks Hollinger at the Simpson is sad that Chretien crankiness drowned out the Good news of his friends accomplish Simpson met Bain when they were both posted with Canadas naval forces in Halifax during Summers while attending univer sity the rest of the year Bain at he was recognized for both his astuteness and his impartiality Len longtime Friend of sir George above the University of Manitoba and Simpson at the University of British they both went to the United kingdom for postgraduate Only Bain went to Oxford and Simpson went to Wales before returning to he chose to stay in the where he launched a Brilliant Simpson before he turned Bain was the youngest person in the to get a University Simpson he led Industrial relations research projects and was Princi pal of the London business what George is is a work Simpson Bain was Given a Knighthood for services to higher education and to Britain Lowray a few years he headed an inquiry into a minimum wage in great which previously did not have he was recognized for both his astuteness and his Simpson Bain used to be a member of the Manitoba nip and did some consulting work for the de Schreyer and Howard Pawley but he has served As a consultant for conservative interests As Simpson Bain returns to Winnipeg regularly to visit his the other notable thing about his 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