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George Radwanski was born on 28 February, 1947, is an A canadian male journalist. Discover George Radwanski's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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1947

George Radwanski (February 28, 1947 – September 18, 2014) was a Canadian public servant, policy adviser, journalist and author.

He was born in 1947 in Baden-Baden, West Germany.

Radwanski attended Loyola High School before earning degrees in political science and law from McGill University.

His son, Adam Radwanski, is a political affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail.

1965

In 1965 he began working as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette subsequently becoming a columnist, associate editor and national affairs columnist for the paper.

He then moved to the Financial Times of Canada where he worked as the national affairs columnist and Ottawa editor.

1970

In the late 1970s he went to the Toronto Star where he served as editorial page editor and then editor-in-chief.

In his journalism career, Radwanski won two National Newspaper Awards for editorial writing.

1971

In 1971, he published No Mandate But Terror with Kendal Windeyer, an account of the October Crisis.

1978

In 1978, he published Trudeau, a best-selling political biography of then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau.

1985

Radwanski resigned from the Star in 1985 and accepted an appointment by Ontario Premier David Peterson to head up an inquiry for the Ministry of Education into Ontario's drop-out report.

1987

Radwanski's findings were published in 1987 as the Ontario Study of the Relevance of Education, and the Issue of Dropouts commonly known as the Radwanski Report.

Radwanski concluded that the education system had become irrelevant due to the economy's shift from manufacturing to services.

He found that students were uninterested in what they were being taught and did not gain the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in a modern economy.

He issued a series of recommendations including the implementation of early childhood education, standardized testing, "destreaming" of high schools, an "outcome-based" education and the replacement of the credit system with a common core curriculum.

Several of his recommendations were taken up by subsequent governments including destreaming in grade nine (though not later), an outcomes-based curriculum in grades 1 to 9 and standardized testing at various levels.

Following his study, Radwanski became a public policy and communications consultant in both the public and private sectors.

1996

In 1996 he was appointed by the federal government to conduct a review of Canada Post Corporation's mandate.

Radwanski also served as a speech writer to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who later appointed him Privacy Commissioner.

As Privacy Commissioner, Radwanski was outspoken in his criticism of increased surveillance by the state in the wake of the 9-11 attacks early in his tenure and the subsequent "War on Terror".

In his annual report in the months following 9-11, he asserted:

Radwanski successfully campaigned against and brought an end to major federal government intrusions on privacy rights, including provisions of Bill C-36 that would have undermined the Privacy Act; the opening of letter mail by Customs agents; and the creation of a comprehensive, all-purpose seven-year Canada Customs and Revenue Agency data base on the foreign travel activities of all Canadians.

He initiated a Charter challenge, later aborted by his successor, against RCMP video surveillance of public streets as a municipal police force in Kelowna, B.C., and gave 93 speeches in less than three years across Canada and abroad, along with hundreds of media interviews, to raise public awareness about privacy issues in the post-9/11 environment.

2001

He also oversaw the smooth implementation of the new federal private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, that came into effect beginning in 2001.

2003

Radwanski resigned in June 2003, less than half way into his seven-year term, while under attack by a parliamentary committee for lavish spending.

An investigation by the parliamentary committee charged that he racked up $500,000 in travel and hospitality expenses and misled the House of Commons of Canada over lax spending practices in his office.

The committee also accused Radwanski of falsifying a document sent to it.

On November 6, 2003, Radwanski apologized to Parliament "without reservation" for showing lack of respect, and expressed remorse for "errors in judgment with regard to administrative and financial matters" during his tenure.

MPs later voted unanimously to find him in contempt of Parliament for providing misleading information about his spending.

2006

On March 15, 2006 he was charged with fraud and breach of trust following a 26-month-long Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into his expense claims while a public servant that was prompted by the Auditor General's report.

2009

He was acquitted on all counts on February 13, 2009, although his former chief of staff Art Lamarche was convicted for breach of trust by an Ontario Court judge.

Criminal lawyer Mr. Michael A. Crystal defended George Radwanski pro bono from a matter of principle.

2014

George Radwanski died of a heart attack on September 18, 2014.