David Asper

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David Asper was born in 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

David Asper is a Canadian businessman and lawyer.

He is currently the Executive Vice President of the Canadian media company CanWest Global Communications Corp. He is also Chairman of the National Post newspaper.

Asper is the eldest son of the late Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest Global. He is the brother of Leonard Asper, current president of CanWest Global.

In the mid-1980s, Asper represented David Milgaard, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1970. With Asper arguing the case before the Supreme Court of Canada, Milgaard's conviction was overturned in 1992.[1]

Asper endorsed Toronto Conservative candidate and former Global news anchor Peter Kent in the 2006 Canadian federal election.

Asper is a former trustee of the Fraser Institute.

Asper is also one of the main proponents behind building a new stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. If his stadium proposal is accepted Asper will spend $60,000,000 of his own money to finance part of the stadium and build a shopping complex on the stadium grounds. In exchange he would become owner of the team, who are currently community owned. His proposal is one of three currently being considered by the teams board of governers.


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CanWest Global Communications Corp.
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Corporate Directors: David Asper | Gail Asper | Leonard Asper | Lloyd Barber | Derek Burney | Ronald Daniels | David Drybrough | Paul Godfrey | Frank King | Lisa Pankratz

Radio Stations: CJZZ | CKBT
CJZZ and CKBT have been sold to Corus Entertainment, pending CRTC approval.
Newspapers: Calgary Herald | Dose | Edmonton Journal | Montreal Gazette | National Post | Ottawa Citizen | Regina Leader-Post | Saskatoon StarPhoenix | The Province (Vancouver) | Vancouver Sun | Victoria Times-Colonist | Windsor Star
Television Assets: CFRE | CFSK | CHAN | CHBC | CHCA | CHCH | CHEK | CICT | CIHF | CIII | CISA | CITV | CJNT | CKMI | CKND | CH | CoolTV | DejaView | Fox Sports World Canada | Global | Lonestar | mentv1 | Mystery1 | TVtropolis | X-Treme Sports
Assets outside of Canada: C4 (New Zealand) | MoreFM (New Zealand) | Network Ten (Australia) | Original 106 (UK) | The Edge FM (New Zealand) | TV3 (New Zealand)
1 Co-owned with Groupe TVA.

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