He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Ken Frankel and Eric Miller to discuss the latest paper from the Canadian Council for the Americas paper, "Beyond the Build: A New Canadian Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean". // Participants' bios - Ken Frankel is president of the Canadian Council for the Americas. - Eric Miller is a CGAI Fellow and President and CEO of Rideau Potomac // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Beyond the Build: A New Canadian Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean" by the Canadian Council for the Americas - "There Are Rivers In The Sky" by Elif Shafak - "King of Kings" by Scott Anderson - "Frank" by Barney Frank // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: November 17, 2025 Release date: November 24, 2025
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