Topic: Lawrence Cannon
Quotes
While we will not get involved in internal matters, Canada will continue to call for the release of all political prisoners and journalists ... who have been unjustly detained following the Iranian presidential elections
Canada rebukes Iran, cancels invitation Jun 26, 2009
In no way shape or form does this government support terrorism, and we denounce it at every opportunity and that's what we will be doing
Libya's Gadhafi to visit Canada Sep 24, 2009
The days ahead will not be easy for Canadians who are without news of their loved ones
Body of former Canadian MP found in Haiti Jan 23, 2010
As we near the end of the Canadian Forces planned 30-60-day emergency relief mandate, we're beginning to progressively see the withdrawal of Canadian assets
Canada winds down Haitian military mission Feb 22, 2010
Iran's continued disregard for successive United Nations Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions calling on it to comply with international nuclear obligations and suspend its (uranium) enrichment activities is unacceptable
Canada tightens Iran sanctions Jul 26, 2010
Lawrence Cannon, PC (born December 6, 1947) is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. On October 30, 2008 he was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat.
Cannon is the son of government lawyer Louis Cannon and Quebec television broadcast pioneer Rosemary "Posie" Power, and the grandson of Lucien Cannon and Charles Gavan Power. He is also the grand-nephew of Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a long-time Liberal politician and Supreme Court judge. He is the great grandson of Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, defender of Louis Riel and former Senior Minister in Laurier's cabinet. He is of Irish and French Canadian descent.
The extended Cannon family has had strong regional and national political influence in Canada for over a century and is considered to be influential as one of Canada's hereditary ruling class families, members having served in positions as lawyers, judges, Supreme Court judges, senators, ministers of defence, solicitors general, and members of parliament. They have had large influence in the national resource industries, as "barons" in the lumber industry particularly, as well as in broadcasting.
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