[ noun ] someone who tries to bring peace <noun.person>
Conciliator \Con*cil"i*a`tor\, n. [L.] One who conciliates.
Claude Foisy, the government-appointed conciliator, said Canada Post Corp., which operates the nation's mail service, may award franchises on some operations to private business.
Mr Ahern is from the left wing of the party. Indeed, as a former trade union negotiator, he earned a reputation as an effective conciliator.
"The fact that I was a conciliator or consensus-builder in a pluralist branch of government does not necessarily mean I would have the same role to play as the president's chief of staff," Mr. Baker said in an interview yesterday.
Detractors of Mr. Dinkins, who campaigned as a quiet conciliator, maintain he is an indecisive leader who ducks crucial decisions.
Today, in impeccable business suits and silk ties, Jackson projects himself as a conciliator and mediator, holding himself above the fray of campaign attacks and holding out the promise of understanding to all constituencies.
He is a cautious and thoughtful politician, a healer and conciliator and consensus-builder, according to his supporters.
Recently, contract talks between that union, representing 23,000 mail sorters and other personnel, and Canada Post also were referred to a conciliator.