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Hey look: We found John Manley

by Paul Wells on Friday, July 24, 2009 2:10pm - 10 Comments

From the latest print edition, my column, featuring the next head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He looks oddly familiar. He says interesting things.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/SophiaGeffros Sophia Geffros

    I didn't know he was missing.
    I guess I expect former public figures to quietly fade into the background after they do interesting stuff- it's the Canadian way.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/Inkless Inkless

      A lot of them save time by fading away before they get to the "interesting stuff" part.

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/M_A_N M_A_N

        Sadly, even more of them end up on "reality" TV shows.

  • Mulletaur

    Looks like a good fit for a continentalist like Manley. He will provide continuity from d'Aquino.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/SisyphusThis SisyphusThis

      Definitely something to look forward to.

      • Dot

        Lady Godiva was a freedom rider
        She didnt' care if the whole world looked.
        Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her
        She was a sister who really cooked.

        Isadora was the first bra burner
        And you're glad she showed up. (Oh yeah)
        And when the country was falling apart
        Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.

        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's Maude.
        And then there's

        That old compromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizing,
        Right on Maude.

  • Anon

    Stop jaw-jawing and go out and invent the next Twitter, you un-innovative Canadians!

  • Boethius

    I see him in my office building all the time…on the escalator, in the foyer, in the Shopper's Drug Mart.

  • The Metal Merchant

    He also sits (sat?) on Nortel's board of directors, and as such should be forever barred from holding public office or having anything to do with running a company.

  • shouldIsellyourwheat

    Why didn't Paul Wells ask John Manley the tough questions about his complicity in the destruction of Nortel as a member of the Board of Driectors of Nortel?

    Manley sat on a BOD who hired a CEO whose only strategy for Nortel was to outsource Canadian high tech jobs to Asia, Mexico, and Turkey. Manley sat on a BOD who let that CEO and his cronies used bankruptcy to loot the remains of Nortel for their own self-enrichment with retention bonuse, while leaving Nortel pensioners, employees, and former employees high and dry. Manley sat on a BOD that fired the two Gary's from Cisco who had a real restructuring plan for Nortel?

    Why the lob balls, Paul? Why isn't John Manley being asked the tough question about Nortel?

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