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36-647: Culliton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brandon Culliton , Canadian film director Carolyn Culliton (née DeMoney), American daytime serial writer E. M. Culliton (1906–1991), member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan Lucy Culliton (born 1966), Australian artist Richard Culliton , American television writer See also [ edit ] Calton (disambiguation) Cleiton (disambiguation) Colton (disambiguation) Coulton (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

72-594: A law professor and lawyer for Malgarai disagreed with Mackenzie, arguing that instead of comparing credibility, the military must release the records of detainee interrogations to Parliament, so that Parliament may determine what occurred, based upon the available facts. According to Attaran, it is a legal requirement that the documents regarding detainee interrogations be produced, while they need not be made public. MacKenzie called it "ridiculous" and "ludicrous" to table such documents in Parliament and that, furthermore, he

108-664: A member of the Canadian armed forces he was precluded from commenting on government policy. After criticising the United Nations' inability to command, control, and support its peacekeeping forces, he retired from the military in March 1993. He has since written and lectured on his experiences in the former Yugoslavia questioning the numbers killed in the Srebrenica massacre , an event that came after his period of service in

144-480: A military reservist and emergency room doctor, the film explores the conflict in Afghanistan and the tragedy of losing a loved one to war. Co-directed by Brendon Culliton, a Canadian film director, and Dan Heald, If I Should Fall is their first long feature documentary film. The film is produced by Joint Media Group Inc (JMGI), a company founded by Culliton with his father Paul Culliton. JMGI wanted to create

180-608: A plan to revive and modernize the Avro Canada Arrow interceptor aircraft as an alternative to the Lockheed Martin Lightning II multirole fighter then being considered for Canadian service . MacKenzie said he was not working for Bourdeau Industries , the private proposer of the plan, but governmental accountability advocate Duff Conacher, interviewed by the CBC, questioned MacKenzie's activity as

216-444: A possible conflict of interest and expressed concern that it was possible for him to deliver a company's proposal to the government without being a registered lobbyist. MacKenzie is a lifelong automobile racing enthusiast. According to an article in the 23 September 2007 Victoria Times Colonist , he is an enthusiastic, skilled, and competitive race car driver having won the 2007 Diamond Class Ontario championship for Formula Fords at

252-453: A television series called Afghan Diaries two years prior. including an episode on the aftermath of a soldier's death. Executive Producer Michael Roberts had been friends with the Diab family via their Mississauga restaurant and introduced the family to Paul Culliton when Afghan Diaries was in its early stages. Paul Culliton and Roberts felt that they had a lot of excellent material provided by

288-576: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Brandon Culliton Diab was born on 23 September 1986 in Ain Ebel , Lebanon to Hani Diab and Jihan Falah. He had two older sisters, Jessica and Maya. He and his family immigrated to Canada in 2000, and Marc became a Canadian citizen on 11 June 2004. Living in Mississauga , Ontario , he was very active in his community and took part in many church and youth projects. He later joined

324-641: Is frequently sought by Canadian broadcast media as a security and military affairs commentator: In 2005, following the appointment of former Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire as a Liberal senator , MacKenzie wrote an editorial in The Globe and Mail entitled "Roméo, Roméo, wherefore art thou partisan?" arguing that Dallaire had compromised his previous stance by endorsing the Liberal Party's position on intervention in Sudan. On 19 April 2010, MacKenzie

360-762: Is known for establishing and commanding Sector Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. MacKenzie was criticized for his role in the Somalia Affair and for Canada's peacekeeping failures in Bosnia . He was later a vocal opponent of NATO 's involvement in the Kosovo War . MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia , the son of Eugene and Shirley MacKenzie ( nee Wharton.) He

396-543: The Toronto Sun who wrote, "Every Canadian should have a chance to see If I Should Fall ." Scott Taylor of Esprit de Corps , a Canadian military magazine, said, "This is an authentic story of the Canadian Afghan war experience." Lewis MacKenzie Lewis Wharton MacKenzie CM , MSC , OOnt , CD (born 30 April 1940) is a Canadian retired major general, author and media commentator . MacKenzie

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432-615: The Bosnian war broke out. MacKenzie created and assumed command of the peacekeeping force's Sector Sarajevo in May 1992. He used his UN force to open Sarajevo Airport for the delivery of humanitarian aid. Using the media as a means of trying to help restore peace, MacKenzie became an international celebrity. MacKenzie returned from the Balkans in October 1992 in controversial circumstances. As

468-694: The Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. before approximately 200 guests, including Pentagon officials. A DVD release (in two versions, the official release version and another version with extended footage in addition to further testimonies) was released with proceeds going to the Marc Diab Children's Foundation and the Military Families' Fund. If I Should Fall received favourable reviews, including Peter Worthington of

504-651: The Canadian Forces in 1993, after a 33-year career. He was the first Canadian, military or civilian, to be awarded a second Meritorious Service Cross . The second was Brigadier-General Guy Laroche in October 2010. Lewis MacKenzie was criticised by the Somalia Commission of Inquiry for his contribution to the Somalia Affair after Canadian Forces in Somalia committed human rights abuses and breaches of international humanitarian law and members of

540-492: The Canadian Forces . While on leave, he regularly returned to his hometown and participated in youth camps, inspiring the children and mentoring them, taking a lot of video footage and photographs. When he left for Afghanistan, a popular Facebook account was created in his support. He was killed on 8 March 2009 after his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Shah Wali Kot district , Kandahar province . He

576-413: The surname Culliton . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culliton&oldid=1034123326 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

612-748: The Canadian Forces Base in Gagetown, N.B. (1988–90) he was responsible for training officers at the Combat Training Centre. In 1985, he was appointed director of Combat-Related Employment for Women and, in 1991, he was appointed deputy commander of the Canadian Army's Land Force Central Area. Following his return from the Balkans in October 1992, MacKenzie was appointed commander of the army in Ontario. He retired from

648-606: The Canadian command were found to have engaged in a subsequent cover-up. The Commission observed that MacKenzie testified in an honest and straightforward manner; it did not always accept everything that he said but accepted that he offered the truth as he saw it. It found that his superiors' desire to parade his successes as a bona fide hero of the Canadian Forces had impaired his ability to supervise and control matters that were his core responsibilities. The Commission found that MacKenzie had failed adequately to investigate

684-641: The Canadian documentary If I Should Fall , which focuses on the Canadian military experience in Afghanistan since 9/11. In 2021, Mackenzie was announced as the Honorary Commander of the Fort Henry Guard, based out of Fort Henry National Historic Site in Kingston, Ontario. In the 1997 federal election , MacKenzie was Progressive Conservative candidate for Parliament for the central Ontario riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka . Visiting

720-462: The Diabs and at their suggestion, Brendon Culliton decided to focus on Diab. The film uses video footage from Diab and other soldiers discussing IEDs, as well as a montage prepared by Diab himself, entitled "See You Tomorrow", for his loved ones in the event he didn't return home alive. The film features music by award-winning Canadian artist Loreena McKennitt The documentary premiered in 2012 at

756-579: The Eagle by Carol Off , which devotes a third of its content to MacKenzie's role in Yugoslavia, claims that MacKenzie was willfully ignorant of the Bosnian political situation and was manipulated into being a vehicle of pro-Serb propaganda. In 1993, investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize –winning journalist Roy Gutman accused Mackenzie of having two trips to Washington D.C., one to speak in front of

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792-542: The Heritage Foundation and the other to appear as an expert witness for the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, funded by SERBNET, a Serbian-American lobbyist group. In a telephone interview with Gutman, MacKenzie responded, "It wouldn't surprise me if there was some Serbian involvement considering who initiated the contract; however I would be very disappointed if that were the case." The day after

828-719: The Serb side (surrounding Srebrenica) and the Bosniak side (inside the enclave) were never fulfilled. Srđa Pavlović of the University of Alberta , a Serbian-Montenegrin historian specializing in the political and cultural history of the South Slavs during the 19th and 20th centuries, wrote that "(s)ince mid-1990s the denying of the Srebrenica genocide has been a main feature of all of General MacKenzie's public addresses on

864-670: The United Nations in six different mission areas – the Gaza Strip (1963 and 1964), Cyprus (1965,1971 and 1978), Vietnam, Egypt, Central America (1990–91, commanding the United Nations Observer Mission) and the former Yugoslavia (1992–1993). Between peacekeeping missions MacKenzie served as an instructor at the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College (1979–82) and as director of army training at St. Hubert, Que. (1983–85). As commander of

900-679: The area. He has challenged the findings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and, in 2005, contested the conclusions and reasoning of the Appeal Chamber's 2004 judgment in the Krstić case that the crime of genocide was perpetrated at Srebrenica in July 1995. He has also disputed that Srebrenica ever was a UN Safe area, and argued that the demilitarization requirements imposed on both

936-619: The breakup of Yugoslavia", adding that the "majority of scholars specializing in the Balkan history and the breakup of Yugoslavia view Major General MacKenzie as a promoter of a narrative that denies Serbia's responsibility in that bloody breakup and as someone who disputes the evidence of genocide committed in Srebrenica that was presented to the ICTY in The Hague" The 2000 book The Lion, the Fox, and

972-522: The chain of command below him remained his responsibility and flowed upwards from him to the highest levels of the command structure. In February 1992, MacKenzie was named chief of staff of the United Nations peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia, tasked with supervising the cease-fire in Croatia . The force headquarters were located in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina . In April 1992,

1008-653: The interview, an article appeared in Newsday suggesting that MacKenzie was on the Serbian payroll. When MacKenzie confirmed the source of the funds was indeed SERBNET, he donated the entire fee to the Canadian Federation of Aids Research (CANFAR). However, UN officials ultimately criticised his "lack of judgment" in the matter. MacKenzie is the author of two books: and also writes short essays about military affairs, most often in The Globe and Mail : He

1044-437: The riding, Tory leader Jean Charest rhetorically asked a crowd of supporters whether MacKenzie or Sheila Copps would be a better Deputy Prime Minister, but later explained that this was an example rather than his party's selection. The Tories improved their standing and regained official party status, though MacKenzie finished second to Liberal incumbent Andy Mitchell . Around 2011, MacKenzie unsuccessfully advocated for

1080-603: The significant leadership and discipline problems in the Canadian Airborne Regiment, to inform himself of the problems and to take decisive remedial steps to ensure they were adequately resolved. In addition, it found that he did not adequately monitor the Regiment's training to ensure its development as a cohesive unit or make adequate provisions for the troops to be trained or tested on its newly developed Rules of Engagement and failed to direct and supervise

1116-576: The training of the Canadian Joint Force Somalia personnel in the Law of Armed Conflict for peace support operations. The Commission further ruled that MacKenzie had important obligations as a commander and so bore responsibility for the failures that attached to the discharge of those obligations. His role was pivotal and despite the fact that he was necessarily absent from his post due to obligations condoned by his superiors, errors in

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1152-526: Was "not concerned" about the legal requirement to do so. Near the end of the interview, MacKenzie verbally attacked Dr. Attaran: "Last time I checked, in various polls being done across Canada, the Canadian Forces are at the very top of trustworthiness with the Canadian population. I won't mention where lawyers were slated." MacKenzie is interviewed in two documentary films by Serbian-Canadian film-maker Boris Malagurski : Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009) and The Weight of Chains (2011). He also contributed to

1188-771: Was inaugurated in June 2010 in Mississauga, Ontario in his memory. His family and relatives opened a Lebanese restaurant, Madameek, in his memory, just next to his base in Petawawa , Ontario. The restaurant contains memorabilia that once belonged to Diab. The documentary recounts Diab's life through the accounts of his friends, family, girlfriend, and fellow soldiers from D Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons . Supported by an ensemble of renowned Canadian military experts, including retired Major General Lewis MacKenzie , Esprit de Corps magazine's Scott Taylor, and Major Ray Wiss,

1224-399: Was interviewed on CTV's Power Play in relation to accusations by Ahmadshah Malgarai , a translator, who witnessed interrogations in which a witness allegedly recounted that the Canadian military murdered a 17-year-old Afghan. MacKenzie dismissed those accusations as "crap" and "insulting" to the Canadian military, while he viewed the denial by the Canadian military as credible. Amir Attaran,

1260-511: Was just 22 years old and weeks away from coming home. Diab had fallen in love with Mary Barakat, a fellow Lebanese-Canadian , who he had known since their families lived in Lebanon. He had planned to propose and buy an apartment as soon as he returned home from his assignment. He was the 112th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan . There was a huge outpour of grief and support from his community after his death. Trooper Marc Diab Memorial Park

1296-874: Was raised in nearby Princeport . He is named after his great uncle, Liverpool, Nova Scotia schooner captain Lewis Wharton. MacKenzie's forefather Israel Wharton fought as a United Empire Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War , taking part in the Battle of Waxhaws , before he subsequently settled in the Liverpool area. MacKenzie enlisted with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and was commissioned in 1960. During his Canadian army career, MacKenzie served nine years in West Germany with NATO forces and had nine peacekeeping tours of duty with

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