A big congratulations to one of the senior Partners at my old law firm (and current Stem client); Lyall Knott Q.C. has been appointed honorary Captain of the Canadian Navy!

From the story:

In a special appointment ceremony July 1 in the captain’s cabin of HMCS Winnipeg, HCapt(N) Knott was bestowed the honorary captaincy of Canadian Fleet Pacific (CANFLTPAC), in the presence of Commander Craig Baines, Winnipeg’s Commanding Officer, and Rear-Admiral Tyrone Pile, Commander MARPAC, and their support staff.

And not to take away from the moment, but this kind of acknowledgement doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Lyall Knott is a very involved kind of guy, in business, in politics, and for his community. I’ve seen few individuals that work as tirelessly as he does. Seven days a week kind of tirelessly. All of which is pretty obvious from his list of public acknowledgements :

• Chair, Rick Hansen Foundation;
• Board of Directors, C.H.I.L.D.;
• Director, S.U.C.C.E.S.S.;
• Honorary Legal Advisor to the SBC;
• UBC Blythe Eagles Award;
• Honourary Consul, The Republic of Tunisia.

A very hardy congratulations thar’ Captain! Well deserved. :)