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    Claude Castonguay

    Claude Castonguay, businessman, senator (b at Québec City 8 May 1929). Educated at Laval U (1948-50) and U of Manitoba (1950-51), Castonguay taught at Laval 1950-57 while working as an actuary at several Québec insurance companies. In 1962 he formed his own consulting firm.

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    Clifford William Robinson

    Clifford William Robinson, lawyer, businessman, premier of NB 1907-08 (b at Moncton, NB 1 Sept 1866; d at Montréal 27 July 1944). In 1897 Robinson was elected mayor of Moncton and a member of the provincial Assembly.

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    Cluny Macpherson

    Cluny Macpherson, doctor, inventor, businessman, justice of the peace (b at St John's Mar 1879; d there 16 Nov 1966).

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    Col Albert Gooderham

    Gooderham, Col Albert (Edward). Financier, patron, soldier, b Toronto 2 Jun 1861, d there 25 Apr 1935; honorary LL D (Toronto) 1924, appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) 1935 (but not invested).

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    Conrad Black (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 11, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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    Conrad Black's Fall

    After Conrad Black's career totalled last week, I looked back through the book I had written about him in 1982, when he was only 38.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 1, 2003

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    Conrad Black

    Conrad Moffat Black, Lord Black of Crossharbour, newspaper publisher, author, columnist and historian (born 25 August 1944 in Montreal, QC). Conrad Black owned and published a large network of newspapers in Canada and abroad between 1969 and 2004. He was convicted of mail fraud and obstruction of justice in 2007 and served a prison sentence in the United States. However, Black was pardoned for his convictions in 2019 by US president Donald Trump. He is a well-known author and columnist on history and politics.

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    Cowpland Charged

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on October 25, 1999. Partner content is not updated. One of the best anecdotes about COREL Corp. chief executive Michael COWPLAND that doesn't also involve his flamboyant wife, Marlen, concerns the time he accidentally drove his Corvette off the road one winter morning on his way to the office.

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    Cowpland/Corel (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 5, 1997. Partner content is not updated. Since buying WordPerfect last year from Novell Inc. of Provo, Utah, for $210 million, Cowpland has served notice that he wants to do what no one in the $145-billion-a-year software industry has ever done - beat Gates cold in Microsoft’s most lucrative product niche, business software packages.

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    Crawford Gordon

    Crawford Gordon, business executive, public servant (b at Winnipeg 26 Dec 1914; d at New York City, NY 26 Jan 1967). Educated at private schools and McGill, Gordon worked in the Department of Munitions and Supply during WWII. At the end of the war he became C.D.

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    Cyrus Albert Birge

    Cyrus Albert Birge, industrialist (b near Oakville, Ont 7 Nov 1847; d at Hamilton, Ont 14 Dec 1929). After early careers as a merchant and an accountant for the Great Western Raiway, Birge became manager of the American-owned Canada Screw Co at Dundas, Ontario in 1882.

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    D'Alton Corey Coleman

    D'Alton Corey Coleman, railway executive (b at Carleton Place, Ont 9 July 1879; d at Montréal 17 Oct 1956). After acting as private secretary to Senator George Cox in 1897 and as editor of the Belleville Intelligencer, Coleman joined the CPR in 1899.

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    Daniel Johnson, Jr.

    Daniel Johnson, GOQ, business leader, politician and premier of Québec (born 24 December 1944 in Montréal, Québec). The Vice-President of Power Corporation of Canada from 1978 to 1981, Johnson also served as a member of Québec’s National Assembly for over 25 years. After the resignation of Premier Robert Bourassa, Johnson was elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, and on 11 January 1994, he became the 25th premier of Québec. However, he held on to this position for only eight months: in September 1994, the Liberals lost the Québec general election to the Parti Québécois. Johnson then served as leader of the Official Opposition for nearly three years, successfully leading the “No” camp in the Québec referendum campaign of 1995. He left politics in May 1998 and subsequently worked as a lawyer and as a negotiator for the government of Québec, while also sitting on several boards of directors.

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    Daniel Langlois

    Daniel Langlois, OC, COQ, animator, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist (born 6 April 1957 in Jonquière, QC; died 2023 in Gallion, Dominica). Daniel Langlois was a pioneer in the field of computer animation. In 1997, he received a Scientific and Technical Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for developing Softimage, the industry standard in 3-D computer animation software. After selling and resigning from the company, Langlois created the Daniel Langlois Foundation, which promotes artistic and scientific research. He was then involved in various technology projects, including Montreal’s Ex Centris cinema complex, and developed an eco-conscious luxury resort on the Caribbean island of Dominica. He and his partner were found dead in Dominica under mysterious circumstances in December 2023.

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    Daniel Williams

    In addition to practising law, Williams excelled at business. While attending Dalhousie's law school, he led a group of businesspeople to seek the first cable licence in Newfoundland and built Cable Atlantic into one of the largest communications companies in Atlantic Canada.

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