Robin Philpot

Robin Philpot (Thunder Bay (Ontario), 1948 -) is a Journaliste and an essay writer Québécois of Ontarian origin . Author of several discussed works, it in particular published That did not do like that to Kigali in 2003 and the secrecies without Option Canada , in collaboration with Normand Lester. He was the candidate of the Parti Québécois in the district Saint-Henri-Holy-Anne at the time of the Québécois general election of 2007.

Biography

Philpot was born with Thunder Bay (Ontario) where his/her father Roderick Philpot, real estate agent and insurer, were city council man town of Strong William. After having supplemented studies in Letters and History with the University of Toronto, Philpot teaches the English and the history in Africa during nearly three years (including two with the Burkina Faso). In 1974, is established with the Quebec where he works like translator and writer for various public and private organizations in the field of the Communication S.

In 1991, Philpot publishes a first test Polémique on the Amerindian crisis of Oka. The central objective of the work is to show how the Crise of Oka would have been used to reconstitute the Canadian unit following the failure of the Accords of the Lake Meech. It suggests that English Canadian media would have benefitted from the conflict to reinforce the hostility of the Canada English towards the Québécois, shown to refuse with the autochtones the autonomy of their territory.

A souverainist of Ontarian origin

This work clearly marks the political positions of Philpot which, in spite of its Ontarian origins, became a militant souverainist convinced. In 1999, he becomes the communications director of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptist of Montreal. It renews its engagement with the publication in 2005 of a test entitled the stolen Referendum , work polemizes related to the Scandale of the mixed liability companies which falls under the line of work of Normand Lester.

Its publications make regularly the cuff with the Canada. In 2004, it called in question the truth of the testimony of Romeo Dallaire to the Rwanda. His/her brother, the lawyer John Philpot, is defender of one supposed criminal Hutu at the time of the lawsuit for Crimes against humanity.

In addition to the controversies caused by That did not occur like that to Kigali , Philpot also updated a political scandal related to the intrigues of Option Canada, a private organization financed by the Gouvernement of Canada which intervened against the souverainist project during the countryside chief clerk of 1995. The revelations To ballast and Philpot led to the creation of a board of inquiry, carried out by the judge to the retirement Bernard Grenier. In his report/ratio, published on May 29th, 2007, Grenier judge concludes that Option Canada and the Council for the Canadian unit spent illegally approximately 539000 $ during the period chief clerk of October 1995 .

Philpot business

Other allegations

Philpot in addition carried charges against the Canadians William Schabas, Helene Pinske, André Paradis and Louise Arbor to have taken share in the competition between USAFRICOM and the Françafrique . It also pleads that the person of Michaëlle Jean was used to legitimate the evacuation of the president Jean-Bertrand Aristide .

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