MarchieB: he has not responded to any messages
Umm. There may be a good reason, if he had close family ties to Ireland.
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to a fairly recent death notice for Gordon Hastie. I also found evidence of a Gordon Hastie who led a donation effort for MS. I couldn't find a nationality for him.
Of course, it's possible that he is just borrowing a semi-famous name of a fellow Canadian.
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