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Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has approved the termination of appointment to the Order of Canada for two former honourees who have been found guilty of wrongdoing.
Peter Dalglish was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2016 for his humanitarian work. He founded Street Kids International, which aimed to give vocational training to homeless youth.
In 2019, Dalglish was convicted in Nepal and sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys ages 11 and 14.
Jacques Lamarre, chief executive officer of Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin until 2009, was originally invested as a member of the Order of Canada in 2005.
Earlier this year, l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, a self-regulating body governing engineers in the province, stripped Lamarre of his licence and imposed a $75,000 fine after a disciplinary council found him guilty of collusion and corruption.
According to the decision, that included paying millions of dollars to Saadi Gadhafi, son of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
The termination announcements are posted in Friday’s edition of the Canada Gazette, with the orders signed by the governor general in April.
The news comes the same day Mary Simon oversaw her final Order of Canada honours ceremony as viceregal. Louise Arbour will be installed as Canada’s 31st governor general on June 8.
Removal from the Order of Canada is rare. Among others who have been stripped of the honour are media baron Conrad Black, musician Buffy Sainte-Marie and theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky.