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	Jerry Grafstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A graduate of the University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto Law School, in 1954, Grafstein and Allan Waters co-founded 1050 CHUM from a floundering station in Toronto and built the CHUM media empire.
		Grafstein is a Toronto-based financier, political fundraiser, advisor and "backroom boy" who has worked on numerous political campaigns for the Liberal Party of Canada and Ontario Liberal Party as well as local Toronto politics.
		In 2003, Grafstein and Canada's Consul General in New York at the time,Pamela Wallin, were honored by the Canadian Society of New York for devoting much of their careers to strengthening the ties between Canada and the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Grafstein (293 words)

	Jerry Grafstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grafstein is a Toronto based financier, political fundraiser, advisor and "backroom boy" who has worked on numerous political campaigns for the Liberal Party of Canada and Ontario Liberal Party as well as local Toronto politics.
		A senior advisor to Pierre Trudeau, Grafstein was appointed to the Canadian Senate in January 1984 several weeks prior to Trudeau's retirement.
		In the 2003 Toronto election, Grafstein assisted with the unsuccessful campaign of John Nunziata to become Mayor of Toronto.
	jerry-grafstein.iqnaut.net (187 words)

	jt-051027-01
		In his Senate speech on Oct.18, Grafstein declared that his bill was a simple amendment to section 83.01 of the Criminal Code to clarify a gap by defining suicide bombing as ‘terrorist activity.
		Grafstein then said that the 55-state Organization for Security and Economic Cooperation in Europe, the world’s largest international government and parliamentary organization devoted to human rights, of which Canada is one of 54 members, in 2001 and again on July 5, 2005 in Washington, passed a resolution unanimously condemning suicide bombing.
		Grafstein, in his speech, said: “Last July 18, in response to London suicide bombings on July 7, more than 500 British Muslim religious leaders and scholars, after expressing condolences to the families of the victims, issued a fatwa that explicitly condemns ‘the use of violence and the destruction of human lives.
	www.jewishtribune.ca /tribune/jt-051027-01.html (755 words)

	Welcome To B'nai Brith - Articles
		This all-important Senate action comes in the wake of Senator Grafstein’s activities as Treasurer and Head of the Liberal Democratic Reform Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the 55-nation-member Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), of which Canada is a founding member.
		Grafstein requested that the resolution be referred to a Senate committee for hearings and a report.
		Senator Grafstein told The Tribune that the Canadian Jewish leadership was “shamefully complacent” in not insisting that the Senate act at that time.
	www.bnaibrith.ca /article.php?id=205 (653 words)

	Senator W. David Angus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grafstein said all the political parties need to get their heads around the idea that corporate tax cuts are a must.
		Grafstein said Ottawa has to boost productivity as soon as possible to prepare for demographic changes ahead which threaten to leave a more elderly population supported by fewer workers.
		The forum would be vital to improving the standard of living for average Canadians, said Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein, chairman of the committee, in releasing the report.
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /wdangus/BankingCommittee/ProductivityReport-f.htm (1013 words)

	Welcome To B'nai Brith - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Senator Jerry Grafstein recently appeared before the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe to discuss free trade in the Mediterranean.
		The United States is poised to accelerate its free trade initiative in the Mediterranean, said Grafstein, noting that the USA has announced it is ready to invest 100 million dollars in 2003 and 145 million in 2004 to help in the transition to Mediterranean free trade zone with America.
		Grafstein encouraged the OSCE to foster a Mediterranean Economic Council (MEC) with political clout similar to the European Economic Council (EEC) that encouraged economic trade cooperation and discouraged conflicts after WWII in Europe.
	www.bnaibrith.ca /article.php?id=21 (438 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Jerry Grafstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Minden Gross Grafstein & Greenstein LLP - Toronto, Ontario
		Senator Grafstein holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario, the University of Toronto, and taught at the Bar Admission Course at Osgoode Hall.
		Senator Jerry Grafstein is a sitting member of the Senate of Canada where he is co-chairman of the Canada/U.S. Parliamentary Group.
	www.zoominfo.com /search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=44729862 (594 words)

	Spacing Votes • Blogging Toronto’s 2006 Election » Tuesday’s links to election news
		Royson James fairly crowed this morning over the addition of Senator Jerry Grafstein and ex-Liberal pollster Martin Goldfarb to the Jane Pitfield fan club — a dream come true for her anemic campaign.
		It’s too early to tell how much Senator Jerry Grafstein’s endorsement of Toronto Councillor Jane Pitfield will do to help in her quest for the city mayor’s chair, council members say.
		Grafstein, who behind the scenes had urged former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino and former federal MP Dennis Mills to jump into the race.
	spacing.ca /votes/?p=84 (641 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Senator Grafstein
		Senator Grafstein is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto.
		Senator Grafstein was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1960.
		Senator Grafstein has had wide-ranging legal and business experience, in all aspects of media including television, cable, radio, telephone, telecommunications, advertising, production and publishing.
	www.zoominfo.com /search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=28222612 (237 words)

	Eye Weekly - Municipal Elections 2006 Blog
		The dead parrot that is the mayoral campaign of Jane Pitfield was nailed back on the perch by Senator Jerry Grafstein, who proved once again, as he hammered away, that in politics your friends often do more harm than your enemies.
		There was a woman purporting to have the stuff to lead the country’s largest city needing a couple of high-profile old men to step in to rescue her sputtering campaign.
		None of which prevented Jane from announcing at a party she held yesterday that Grafstein (”Jane, with help, is the best option to go forward”) had graciously agreed to be her campaign chairman.Coyle also picked up on the ridiculous “I’ve been busy, I’m a senator” line that had me doubled over.
	eyeweekly.com /election2006/?p=35 (439 words)

	Thestar.com/`A clear and present danger' is emerging
		Literally hundreds of boil-water advisories have been issued across Canada in recent months, Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein said in an interview.
		Grafstein has put forward a bill that would amend the Food and Drug Act to cover water.
		He said that while he was at Health Canada, he sought the opinion of the justice department and was told the Food and Drug Act could be amended reasonably easily to cover water.
	members.tripod.com /don_real/Participant_Projects/Project13/clear.htm (634 words)

	In My Opinion! - A Parer Mio!
		A prominent Liberal senator says constitutional wrangling, a lack of knowledge and little interest on the part of national media are pushing this country towards a national disaster by not recognizing a “clear and present danger” in Canada’s water management.
		Sen. Jerry Grafstein, who is also a Toronto lawyer, warned his own government that its inaction will deepen the crisis, and called for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Saint-Maurice, Que.) to finally pass national regulations on drinking water.
		This information was gathered by Sen. Grafstein before the introduction of his bill in the Senate.
	www.persichilli.com /2001/c98-e.html (928 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Senator Jerry Grafstein has introduced a bill to amend Canadian law to create a new criminal offence of “suicide bombing.”
		Canada is a member of the 55-country organization and it has “repeatedly supported resolutions declaring suicide bombing as a ‘crime against humanity,’” said Grafstein, who serves as treasurer of the OSCE’s parliamentary wing.
		In earlier Senate sessions, Grafstein had recited the OSCE resolution on suicide bombing, noting that the international human rights body had agreed that suicide attacks constitute a crime against humanity.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7673 (298 words)

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		Martin later played down his comments, saying there was nothing new in what he had said.
		But Senator Jerry Grafstein, chairman of the Senate banking, trade and commerce committee, said Mr.
		Grafstein said he hopes the government will deal with the issue as soon as possible after his committee finishes its report on banking and other consumer issues.
	www.nubank.com /canada/bank_mergers.html (471 words)

	Parliament may create state-sanctioned bard - Capital News Online
		The architect of the Canadian bill, Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein, admits the idea may be a hard sell to the average Canadian.
		Grafstein also wants the position to serve as a "modest counterweight to elevate the idea of words — both written and spoken."
		Grafstein intentionally excluded a provision that would require the poet to be bilingual.
	www.carleton.ca /jmc/cnews/29092000/n1.htm (690 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Sen. Jerry Grafstein says the idea came to him after New York's mayor appealed for help.
		JERRY GRAFSTEIN, CANADIAN SENATOR: He said if you want to help New York, come to New York.
		MALBON: Grafstein says he said expects thousands of Canadians to take him up on that invitation -- a goodwill convoy to help put the shine back on the Big Apple.
	www-cgi.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0111/23/lt.09.html (403 words)

	.:DANEgerus Weblog:. Colonic Conservatism for those whose ignorance tilts Left Comments Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Controversy has surrounded the Standing Committee on Human Rights ever since it was given the job of studying antisemitism in Canada pursuant to a motion introduced in early February by Senator Jerry Grafstein and passed by fellow senators.
		Soon after the motion passed, some members of the committee tried to broaden the scope of the hearings to include a study of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim activity in Canada.
		“...between Senator Grafstein and representatives of other government departments and agencies, more than two-thirds of the actual hearing time was taken up, not by stake-holders, but by government,” wrote Dimant.
	www.danegerus.com /weblog/Comments.asp?svComment=4099 (551 words)

	Event will highlight Toronto's safety in wake of arrests
		Senator Jerry Grafstein, former Liberal member of Parliament Dennis Mills and political consultant Warren Kinsella are joining forces to organize I Am Not Afraid, an event that is designed to showcase Toronto in the wake of the arrests of 17 people in Ontario under the federal Anti-terrorism Act.
		Declining to say who would appear, Grafstein indicated this event would be much less ambitious than the SARS concert, which attracted more than 500,000 people of all ages and backgrounds.
		The organizers have only two weeks to co-ordinate the events, but Grafstein said this should pose no problem since the SARS rock concert came together in 17 days.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2006/06/11/concert-sun.html?ref=rss (1208 words)

	Minden Gross LLP: About Us
		In the early 1960's the firm expanded with the addition of Jerry S. Grafstein and Herbert J.
		Jerry Grafstein, now a member of the Senate of Canada, developed a practice focusing on communications and administrative law.
		At the same time, the firm established corporate and civil litigation services to meet the growing needs of its clients.
	www.mggg.com /aboutus/aboutus_03.asp (268 words)

	Senator Jerry Grafstein on "Manifest Democracy" (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Senator Jerry Grafstein made the following statement last Tuesday in the Senate.
		We hope that Prime Minister Martin and Canada will actively re-engage with President Bush and America as we did after World War II in a collective effort to spread democracy and free trade and free markets around the Globe.
		Re: Senator Jerry Grafstein on "Manifest Democracy" - Joan O'Callaghan 17:18:01 2004/12/03 (
	www.canadiancoalition.com.cob-web.org:8888 /forum/messages/4235.shtml (548 words)

	USATODAY.com - Canada sponsors N.Y. shopping spree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the backing of such Canadian-born celebrities as Dan Ackroyd and Wayne Gretzky, the "Canada loves New York" weekend kicks off Nov. 30.
		Airlines, buses and hotels are offering discounts for the weekend excursion, said Jerry Grafstein, a Canadian senator who is organizing the event.
		Grafstein said he came up with the idea as a way to "stop the consumer paralysis" and get people to "snap back to normal."
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001/11/23/canada.htm (204 words)

	CUC Broadcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The company was originally launched by Geoffrey Conway.
		Notable members of the board of directors included Jerry Grafstein, Lawrence Tanenbaum and F.
		CUC was acquired by Shaw Cable in 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CUC_Broadcasting (130 words)

	Jerry S. Grafstein Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
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	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Jerry_S_Grafstein (126 words)

	Making suicide bombing illegal
		And still make more money than most doctors.
		In early April, Senator Jerry Grafstein introduced a private members’ bill to outlaw suicide bombing.
		Bill S-206 proposes to amend the terrorism sections of the Criminal Code to make suicide bombing a specific offense.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2006/weinreb062806.htm (710 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		- From 12-14 September 2004, Senator Jerry Grafstein, Co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, led a delegation (list attached) to the Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance Conference in
		“We were pleased to have the opportunity to discuss a broad range of important border-related issues with American legislators, key governmental decision makers, and those in the private sector whose employees must cross our shared border on a daily basis,” said Senator Grafstein.
		Senator Jerry Grafstein, (613) 992-2642, grafsj@sen.parl.gc.ca or jgrafstein@mggg.com
	www.pnwer.org /news/newsword/Sept_15_04_anopen.htm?id=341 (286 words)

	Michelle's World: Oliel in the News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And, at the moment, the Liberals look like ditherers.
		Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein said he is worried his party has lost touch with its traditional approach to foreign policy.
		The Liberals were never the party of honest brokers preaching a balanced approach, Mr.
	michelleoliel.blogspot.com /2006/10/oliel-in-news.html (1093 words)

	Adult ADD Strengths (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Can you tell I thought it was a good idea:)
		Blogger Warren Kinsella, along with Dennis Mills and Senator Jerry Grafstein, who organized the Rolling Stones SARS concert, Cam and others have created a website I Am Not Afraid, and a blog http://i-am-not-afraid.blogspot.com
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	www.adultaddstrengths.com.cob-web.org:8888 (4633 words)

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