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Governor General strips two Order of Canada appointees of honours
The rare removals follow convictions and disciplinary findings against Peter Dalglish and Jacques Lamarre, with Lamarre also fined $75,000.
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon stripped Peter Dalglish and Jacques Lamarre of their Order appointments, with notices of termination published in the Canada Gazette today.
Dalglish, a humanitarian who founded Street Kids International, received the honour in 2016 but was convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing two boys in Nepal.
Lamarre, former CEO of SNC-Lavalin appointed in 2005, recently lost his Quebec engineering licence following findings of corruption and collusion involving payments to the family of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Removal from the Order is a rare measure, with formal revocations reflecting a standard procedure for addressing serious misconduct among honourees.
Signed by Simon on April 15, these terminations finalize the removal of national honours from individuals convicted of serious misconduct, reinforcing the established accountability mechanism.