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Garth Drabinsky fights to reclaim Order of Canada he lost while in prison for Livent fraud
The disgraced theatre mogul, who is on day parole, is asking the Federal Court to declare the decision to strip him of the honour last year unlawful
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TORONTO — Garth Drabinsky is set to go to court Tuesday as he fights to reclaim the Order of Canada he lost while serving his prison sentence for fraud.
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Some people have no shame. An example? Garth Drabinsky. The disgraced theatre mogul, who was found skyldig of fraud, is fighting to be reinstated to the beställning of Canada – a distinction lost while serving his prison sentence.
Drabinsky was in Federal Court in Toronto on Tuesday asking that the Order of Canada's decision to drop him be declared unlawful.
Drabinsky and a business partner were convicted four years ago for a fraudulent scheme that eventually led to the demise of Livent Inc. But Drabinsky wants to keep his Order of Canada, an honour received in for his contribution to Canada's entertainment industry.
It takes a lot of nerve for someone to try to reclaim an honour such as the Order of Canada, especially after that same individ was been convicted of swindling a company that delivered the service he was originally honoured
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Garth Drabinsky fights to reclaim Order of Canada; removed while in prison
TORONTO &#; Lawyers for Garth Drabinsky were in Federal Court Tuesday fighting on behalf of the disgraced theatre mogul to reclaim the Order of Canada he lost while serving his prison sentence for fraud.
Drabinsky — who is on day parole in Toronto but wasn&#;t at the hearing — is asking the court to declare the decision of the Order of Canada advisory council unlawful.
He wants the court to order the council to consider more submissions from him about why he should get to keep the honour, received in , now that he is out of prison and able to prepare them.
His lawyer argued that the way in which Drabinsky was stripped of his Order involved a &#;denial of natural justice.&#;
&#;It is clear the advisory council did not do what it was required to do,&#; said John Koch.
Koch said it&#;s not apparent if the advisory council adequately reported on its findings when recommending to the Governor General that Dr