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  Conflict furor engulfs MacAulay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MacAulay dismissed criticism and calls for his resignation, saying he was just doing his job as political minister for Prince Edward Island when he spoke with the RCMP Commissioner about the grant.
MacAulay's conduct was acceptable because he is the region's political minister and that his brother didn't stand to benefit from the grant is not a credible one.
MacAulay's case resemble those of the case in which the Prime Minister pressed the head of a federal bank to approve a loan to an innkeeper in his riding who failed to get a loan himself.
www.legal-rights.org /gov/mcaulayfuror.html   (1032 words)

  
 CNEW: Politics - MacAulay resigns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MacAulay, in a letter of resignation to Chretien, maintained the ethics counsellor was "dead wrong" in saying he gave preferential treatment to the funding application by Holland College.
MacAulay drew a distinction between private business interests and a public institution like the college and said his brother had nothing to gain financially from his intervention.
MacAulay, who left Ottawa for P.E.I. after writing the letter, said he was quitting because the political storm was distracting the government from other important business, not because he was guilty of any wrongdoing.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Politics/2002/10/22/2373.html   (3321 words)

  
 Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
On his return to England, Macaulay devoted himself to writing history, but returned to public office as secretary of war (1839–41), paymaster of the forces (1846–47), and member of Parliament (1839–47, 1852–56).
In 1857 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley.
Macaulay’s greatest work and one of the great works of the 19th cent.
www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MacaulayT.html   (300 words)

  
 Surveyor Online
Lawrence MacAulay, Alex’s brother and at the time federal solicitor general, lobbied the RCMP for money.
Wilson found Lawrence acted incorrectly, as his brother is the president of the college and may have personally gained in the project.
Alex MacAulay said the project was supported by a number of partners which would benefit from it and his brother was not the reason the project received funding.
www.hollandc.pe.ca /media/journalism/surveyor/11-05-02/college2.html   (941 words)

  
 CBC News: MacAulay resigns, insisting he's innocent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
OTTAWA - Lawrence MacAulay resigned as federal solicitor general on Tuesday, insisting that he had done nothing wrong, threatening lawsuits and attacking a critical report from ethics counsellor Howard Wilson.
MacAulay, the minister who represented Prince Edward Island in the cabinet, was accused of using his office to direct government projects and contracts to friends and family on the island.
In his letter, MacAulay said he was stepping down because the controversy was distracting attention from the government's agenda.
www.cbc.ca /storyview/MSN/2002/10/22/macaulay_resign021022   (515 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lawrence MacAulay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MacAulay was front page news in October 2002 when he was solicitor general.
MacAulay's brother Alex was president of the college at the time.
MacAulay argued that P.E.I. is small and neither he or his brother stood to gain from the deal.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lawrence-MacAulay   (998 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: printer-friendly page
MacAulay for the past week over untendered contracts, voiced further concern that as a prominent member for PEI the Solicitor-General may have played some part in the APM deal.
MacAulay, first elected in 1988, is the Liberals' political minister for the island.
MacAulay is more visible on the island — and around federal money going to PEI — than any of his predecessors.
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 TheStar.com - Chritien expected to keep cabinet minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Asked why MacAulay was still a minister when Eggleton had been fired in May for unethical conduct, Chrétien said he had dismissed Eggleton after Wilson ruled that he had been in breach of government rules.
MacAulay said he doesn't "give money to anybody specifically, but it's my understanding that ACOA (the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) was involved (and) then the provincial government and Holland College got involved.
MacAulay later issued a press release categorically denying he played any role in ACOA's decision to offer a $1million repayable loan to the consortium of private investors developing the golf academy.
www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026146584432&call_page=TS_Canada&call_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=News/Canada&col=968350116467   (1001 words)

  
 Loose lips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lawrence MacAulay, the Solicitor-General, proudly announced at Tuesday's scrum outside the House of Commons that this week's public warning issued by John Ashcroft, the U.S. Attorney-General, about an impending terror attack on the United States, was triggered by intelligence from Canada's spy agency.
MacAulay opened an information trail that ended with the revelation that the message obtained by CSIS was sent by encoded e-mail to Afghanistan from an Osama bin Laden supporter in Canada.
MacAulay is the chief minister in charge of Canadians' security and safety, his actions comprise an egregious failure to perform his primary duty.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/562115/posts   (1869 words)

  
 CNEWS Tech News - MacAulay continues dodging questions about contract to friend's firm
OTTAWA (CP) - Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay still wasn't budging Wednesday to shed light on a federal contract to a friend's firm - a week into a controversy that even some Liberals say could cost him his job.
MacAulay, occasionally bolstered by Prime Minister Jean Chretien or others, has repeatedly said that he has followed Treasury Board guidelines for awarding contracts and that he's done nothing wrong.
They suggested MacAulay had a hand in the decision to award the contract, but the government dismissed that, noting the centre is not a government organization.
www.canoe.ca /CNEWS/TechNews/2002/10/03/1294.html   (590 words)

  
 Cardigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cardigan is home to the Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay who just narrowly won his seat in 1997 by less than 100 to the PC Candidate.
Macaulay will win by over 300 to 500 votes.The reason is simple the liberals are putting money back into atlantic canada and back into EI,and the tories will not play any role in the next sitting of parliament.
While Lawerence MacAulay may have gone into this election thinking he would have this seat handed to him, he is quickly finding out not to take anything for granted.
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /~m6chan/2000_federal/pei/cardigan.html   (1451 words)

  
 TheStar.com - MacAulay breaks silence on contracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MacAulay, in his first encounter with the media since he has been under daily attack from opposition critics, said David Nicholson was a capable man who was hired under Treasury Board guidelines.
MacAulay said he hired him because he was told it was okay under Treasury Board guidelines.
MacAulay and we are awaiting the report from the ethics counsellor," Chrétien's spokesperson Françoise Ducros said.
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 CTV.ca - MacAulay resigns from federal cabinet- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay resigned from cabinet Tuesday after the federal ethics counsellor criticized the MP for his involvement in a funding lobby on behalf of a Prince Edward Island college run by his brother.
MacAulay had been in the national spotlight since Oct. 3, when the opposition alleged he awarded an untendered consulting contract to a close friend and former political agent.
MacAulay sent legal letters on the issue of slander to Tory deputy leader Peter MacKay, Opposition Leader Stephen Harper and The Globe and Mail.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1035311308823_34?hub=TopStories&subhub=PrintStory   (797 words)

  
 Lawrence MacAulay - Announcements
Lawrence MacAulay announces Federal contribution of $15,000 for the Southern Kings and Queens Chamber of Commerce to host the 108th annual general meeting and conference of the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce at the Brudenell Resort on May 27 -29, 2004.
Lawrence MacAulay announces $2.3 million in funding for shipbuilding industry in eastern PEI.
Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Solicitor General of Canada and Member of Parliament for Cardigan is part of tree planting to commemorate 75 years of public pensions in Canada
www.lawrencemacaulay.ca /announcements.html   (1547 words)

  
 pe-Cardigan
Now that MacAulay is damaged goods, he's not going to bring any new projects home, so, the enthusiasm for him is less.
Lawrence MacAulay's win last time was razor thin.
MacAulay barely squeaked by the last two elections, and while no Islanders bought the Holland College loan "scandal," I can hardly imagine this Chretienite surviving.
www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/11001-cardigan.htm   (1929 words)

  
 CBC News: Lawrence MacAulay re-elected   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MacAulay lobbied the federal government to invest in Holland College, the only community college in P.E.I., to train corrections officers.
MacAulay's lobbying efforts were reviewed by opposition MPs and then the federal ethics counsellor Howard Wilson.
Since then, MacAulay has watched his political pal, Jean Chrétien, exit the national stage, and has continued to work on getting funding for his riding.
www.cbc.ca /story/election/national/2004/06/28/elxn_cardigan_040628.html   (432 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : John Ashcroft Holds Media Availability With Canadian Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay; October ...
MACAULAY: Yes, in Canada in the Senate of Canada we have an immigration bill, C. 11, that will tighten up our immigration rules.
MACAULAY: Are you asking me to indicate to you what information the attorney general of the United States has given to me about one of the largest investigations ever?
MACAULAY: Well, it is certainly my strong belief that that is what the situation is.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/sept_11/doj_brief012.htm   (2266 words)

  
 Breaking News | PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's Political Portal
OTTAWA (PoliticsWatch updated October 10, 2002 @ 10:30 a.m.) Solicitor-General Lawrence MacAulay is once again the target of attacks, this time opposition parties are accusing him of diverting funds to his riding and awarding a second untendered contract.
MacAulay has defended himself against wrongdoing in the Roche case, saying he followed Treasury Board guidelines by posting the contract on the government's MERX system.
As well, MacAulay is facing continuing pressure from being compared to former Defence Minister Art Eggleton, who was fired from Cabinet for giving an untendered contract to an ex-girlfriend.
www.politicswatch.com /mac-scandal-10-09-02.htm   (625 words)

  
 Solicitor General closes the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario
MacAulay said the closure of the 66-year-old prison, "marks the end of a long chapter in Canadian history, and it shows just how far we have come in federal corrections for women."
MacAulay commended staff and management at the Prison for Women, both past and present, for their contributions throughout the years.
In September 1999, Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay announced the Intensive Intervention Strategy, which calls for the modification and expansion of the existing enhanced units of the regional facilities to accommodate women offenders classified as maximum security.
www.csc-scc.gc.ca /text/releases/00-07-06_e.shtml   (1134 words)

  
 Breaking News | PoliticsWatch.com - Canada's Political Portal
In his letter of resignation to the Prime Minister, MacAulay said he disagreed with Wilson's report and does not think he violated guidelines.
MacAulay was not present for today's Cabinet meeting or question period.
In his letter MacAulay said he is considering legal action against those who have slandered him outside the House of Commons.
www.politicswatch.com /mac-resign-10-22-02.htm   (682 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada - liberal.ca
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay won a fifth term as Member of Parliament for Cardigan in 2004.
MacAulay’s Cabinet appointments have included Solicitor General of Canada, Minister of Labour, Secretary of State (Veterans), and Secretary of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency).
MacAulay was born on September 9, 1946, in St. Peter's Bay, Prince Edward Island.
www.liberal.ca /bio_e.aspx?&id=11001   (169 words)

  
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MacAulay has repeatedly said that he followed Treasury Board guidelines for awarding contracts and denies doing anything wrong.
Rumours of MacAulay's possible departure from cabinet over the scandal intensified Monday when he was absent from an appointment with Queen Elizabeth, who was visiting Ottawa at the end of her 12-day tour of Canada.
MacAulay was originally scheduled to escort the Queen when she visited the RCMP Equestrian Centre.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/idol/CTVNews/1034927371417_50   (801 words)

  
 Macaulay and Dover announce funding for health care projects in Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown - Federal Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay and Prince Edward Island Health Minister Mildred Dover today announced federal funding for four innovative projects which seek to integrate health care and social services in Prince Edward Island.
MacAulay made the announcement on behalf of Health Minister Allan Rock.
The four projects, respectively, will test and evaluate: a way to integrate mental health services for seniors into the health care system; enhance comprehensive assessments of health and social risk factors for pregnant women; strategies to better support children with autism and their families; and integrate programs to improve parenting skills in teen-aged parents.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca /ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/1999/1999_28_e.html   (429 words)

  
 Closing down the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario
OTTAWA, April 13, 2000 -- Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay announced today that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is advancing the planned closure of the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario.
MacAulay announced plans to close the small women's maximum-security units co-located within existing men's facilities in Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova Scotia, and the Prison for Women in Kingston by September, 2001.
Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay announces the Intensive Intervention Strategy, which calls for the modification and expansion of the existing enhanced units of the regional facilities to accommodate women offenders classified as maximum security.
www.csc-scc.gc.ca /text/releases/00-04-13_e.shtml   (1143 words)

  
 Open Canada's Post 1901 Census Records, Correspondence to/from Canadian Ministers of Parliament- The Global Gazette
On behalf of the Solicitor General of Canada, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, I would like to thank you for your correspondence of April 8, 2002, regarding the release of Post-1901 Census reports to the public after 92 years.
Therefore, due to the complexity of this this file, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to the Honourable Allan Rock, who oversees Statistics Canada as Minister of Industry Canada, for his consideration.
This e-mail has been transmitted to all Members of Parliament to ask for individual responses to a specific question regarding how you would vote if a Bill to reverse earlier legislation depriving Canadians of the important heritage information contained in census records after 1901, was tabled.
globalgenealogy.com /Census/Cen174.htm   (2582 words)

  
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The section then moves on to extensive consideration of Weber's theory of legal evolution, and then to nine articles on different aspects of how social change is related to legal change, including Bob Hayden's analysis of the "political crisis" surrounding tort litigation and Lawrence Friedman's theory of the rising demand for "total justice".
There is also a special focus on the roles of public opinion, pluralist bargaining and power in the development and use of law.
It begins with several excerpts about the effects of structure, especially possible differences between adversarial versus inquisitorial systems in their effects on judicial and attorney behavior and on the processing of cases.
www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/macaulay.htm   (1574 words)

  
 F A M I L Y F A C T S . C A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In what media reports describe as "a dramatic reversal" and "a major breakthrough," Solicitor General Lawrence MacAulay disclosed to his provincial counterparts Wednesday at a meeting in Moncton, New Brunswick, that Canada will finally have a mandatory sex-offender registry.
MacAulay's unexpected announcement ends two years of lobbying by provincial governments, Opposition parties, police and victims-rights groups for a national registry.
As recently as February 5, MacAaulay had insisted in the Commons that the existing Canadian Police Information Service (CPIC) was "a proven and reliable sex offender registry" that was providing police with a comprehensive database on known criminals.
www.fotf.ca /familyfacts/tfn/2002/021502.html   (615 words)

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