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Canadian business titan Frank Stronach loves speaking out. Whether defending his business with irritated shareholders, bending the ear of political bigwigs, expounding on money, industry, governance — almost anything­ — he didn’t become a household name by keeping quiet. After a startling announcement by Peel Regional Police that Stronach, now 91, was criminally charged with rape, indecent assault on a female, sexual assault, and forcible confinement, he was still prepared to talk.

“I’d love to speak to you,” Stronach said, when reached at his home north of Toronto this week. “Let me check with my lawyer. Maybe tomorrow.



” He didn’t call back. The next day, calls were answered with a greeting but ended abruptly after a reporter’s introduction. Stronach’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, later confirmed the answer: “There will be no interviews in the foreseeable future.

” On this, at least, Stronach seems to have heeded advice, which has never been his strength. Stronach is notoriously difficult to rein in and steer. Canadians who watched his incredible rise to billionaire tycoon status as the founder of Magna International over decades will have to wait to learn more.

“Seeing that headline was shocking, not just for me, but for many people,” said Dimitry Anastakis, a professor of Canadian business history at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, of breaking news last Friday of Stronach’s arrest. “He’s had an outsized voice in Ca.

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