Kent Glowinski

Kent Glowinski (born September 1978) [cite news| last =Mclintock| first =Barbara| title =Reporter Barbara Mclintock talks to a young reformer| page =A14| publisher ="The Province"| date =1996-05-19| ] is a Canadian lawyer, politician and author.

Early life

He was born and raised in Prince Rupert, British Columbia,cite news| last =Leblanc| first =Daniel| title =Security flap hurts united alternative| page =A4| publisher ="The Globe and Mail"| date =1999-05-20| ] where his father, Hank, ran a cappuccino bar. [cite news| last =Hauka| first =Don| title =Reform wannabe just a boy| page =A6| publisher ="The Province"| date =1995-11-28| ] He later attended St. Michaels University School, a boarding school near Victoria. [cite news| last =Bell| first =Jeff| title =Glowinski set to run for federal Tories| page =1| publisher ="Times-Colonist"| date =1997-03-05| ] He made headlines locally when he protested the school's attempt to forbid him from taking a part-time job at a coffee bar.cite news| last =Rowlands| first =Bob| title =Whatever happened to... the kid who would be king: Kent Glowinski's changed his politics but not his drive| page =1| publisher ="Times-Colonist"| date =1996-11-24| ] He also fought curfew laws in his hometown of Prince Rupert.cite news| last =Ward| first =Doug| title =Teen dissident says party too intolerant| page =A3| publisher ="The Vancouver Sun"| date =1996-06-10| url =| accessdate = ]

Political history

In his early days in politics, he was a member of the Reform Party, saying that he was impressed by its emphasis on grassroots democracy and its attention to fiscal matters, though he also described himself as much more of a "social moderate" than his fellow party members. [cite news| last =Ferguson| first =Derek| title =Reform remains mired in western roots| page =A2| publisher ="Toronto Star"| date =1996-06-08| ]

At age 17, he challenged British Columbia's electoral laws that said he was too young to run for office. He appealed all the way to the Attorney General of British Columbia what he saw as his right to run as a Reform Party of British Columbia candidate in the Victoria-Hillside riding in the provincial election of 1996. He lost that battle, but he continued to speak out against the laws that restrict voting to those over age 18.

In 1997, while he was a second-year politics undergraduate student at McGill University, Glowinski ran as a federal political candidate for the now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Skeena.cite news| last =Evenson| first =Brad| title =Campaign Notebook| page =A5| publisher ="Edmonton Journal"| date =1997-05-12| ] He had split from the Reform Party because of what he viewed as their intolerance of First Nations people and of gay people. [cite news| last =O'Neil| first =Peter| title =One-time Reformers in B.C. make bids to run as Tories| page =A3| publisher ="Calgary Herald"| date =1997-04-11| ] He was also critical of Reform MP Mike Scott's view of gun control laws, saying, "He's so anti-gun-control he's pro-militia." [cite news| last =Hauka| first =Dan| title =Tory taunts reformer with gun-control jibes| page =A7| publisher ="The Province"| date =1997-05-08| ] At 18 years-of-age, Glowinski was the [http://reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r2917/election.html/ youngest federal candidate in Canada] in that election. Later in the 1990s, he worked at Progressive Conservative headquarters in Ottawa.

From 2000 to 2001, Glowinski ran for the British Columbia Liberal Party nomination to become the provincial Liberal candidate in the riding of North Coast. Former Member of the Legislative Assembly Bill Belsey went on to win the nomination, and subsequently a seat in the 2001 provincial election.

In 2002, Glowinski founded a political gossip website known as [http://www.cawebsearch.com/11404640-torydraft.html/ www.torydraft.com] to promote the 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. [cite news| last =Naumetz| first =Tim| title =Former MacKay aides sue over item on Tory gossip website| page =A5| publisher ="The Ottawa Citizen"| date =2004-10-02| ] From 2003 to 2004, he then operated www.bluedraft.com, a website which promoted the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. [cite news| last =McCarten| first =James| title =Angry Ontario judge delays arguments in Conservative party lawsuit| page =| publisher =Canadian Press| date =2003-11-26| ] While operating the website, Glowinski intervened in a lawsuit brought forward by former, failed Progressive Conservative leadership candidate David Orchard. [cite news| last =Gordon| first =Sean| title =Tory activists try to short-circuit Orchard lawsuit| page =1| publisher =CanWest News Service| date =2003-11-24| ]

Glowinski has also been involved in Ontario provincial politics. In 2007, he started the "grassroots" website tory2011.com to persuade John Tory—who lost the election and his own seat that year—to remain leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next election in 2011. [cite news| last =Benzie| first =Robert| title =Pressure is building on Tory to stay around till next election| page =A23| publisher ="Toronto Star"| date =2007-10-18| ]

Legal career

Glowinski graduated from the University of Victoria Faculty of Law in 2005.

While attending law school, he and Calgary Lawyer Ann Behennah appeared before the British Columbia Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs in 2001 to present recommendations for British Columbia's 2002 Treaty Referendum. Those recommendations were in a document authored by Kent Glowinski and Ann Behennah entitled [http://www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/37thparl/session-2/aaf/hansard/a11102a.htm/ "An Affirmative Referendum Process".]

Glowinski articled at the downtown Toronto law firm [http://www.rickettsharris.com/ Ricketts, Harris LLP] , and was called to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2006. Glowinski currently practices Communications and Public law at the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunication Commission in Ottawa.

Publications and commentary

Kent Glowinski has written various articles and has appeared to provide commentary on legal issues.

While attending McGill University from 1996 to 2000, he was a regular contributor and journalist for the "McGill Daily".

For example, his article [http://209.171.61.222/ccar-toc2.html/ "Winning Through Analogy: the Strategic Use of the Representative Plaintiff"] appeared in [http://www.irwinlaw.com/ Irwin Law's] The Canadian Class Action Review. Furthermore, his article [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060323.FACTS23/TPStory/National/ "Goodbye and Goodnight, Queen of the North"] on the sinking of the Queen of the North BC Ferry off the coast of British Columbia in 2006 was published in "The Globe and Mail".

His latest article "Don’t get enough credit? The need for an impartial consumer Credit Report Appeal Tribunal in Ontario" is in the process of being published.

Glowinski's first book "Narcissistic Personality Disorder", will be published in January 2008. It can be found at [http://www.narcissism.ca www.narcissism.ca] .

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