Ron Atkey obtained law degrees from Yale University and the University of Western Ontario.
11 Facts About Ron Atkey
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Ron Atkey was defeated by John Roberts in the 1974 election.
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Ron Atkey defeated Roberts in the 1979 election that brought the Tories to power under Joe Clark.
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Clark's minority government was short-lived and Ron Atkey was defeated in the 1980 election.
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Ron Atkey was influenced by an early manuscript copy of the book None is Too Many, which revealed Canada's racist attitude toward Jews trying to enter Canada during the Holocaust.
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Ron Atkey became a senior partner in the firm of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, LLP.
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Ron Atkey taught law at the University of Western Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto.
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Ron Atkey wrote Canadian Constitutional Law in a Modern Perspective, which was a popular constitutional law textbook in the 1970s.
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Ron Atkey lectured on national security law and international terrorism, and was an expert on communications and cultural law.
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Ron Atkey wrote on the exemption from North American Free Trade Agreement of Canadian cultural industries.
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Ron Atkey served as legal counsel to Warner Communications, and played a role in the company's merger with America Online.