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Removal from the Order of Canada

Appointees to the Order of Canada can have their membership revoked if the order's advisory council determines a member's actions have brought dishonour to the order. Eight people have been removed from the Order of Canada: Alan Eagleson, David Ahenakew, T. Sher Singh, Steve Fonyo, Garth Drabinsky, Conrad Black, Ranjit Chandra, and Johnny Issaluk. Eagleson was removed from the order after being jailed for fraud in 1998;[1] Ahenakew was removed in 2005, after being convicted of promoting anti-Semitic hatred in 2002;[2] Singh was removed after the revocation of his law licence for professional misconduct;[3] Fonyo was removed due to numerous criminal convictions;[4] Drabinsky was removed in 2012 after being found guilty of fraud and forgery in Ontario;[5] Black was removed in 2014 after being convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in the United States;[6] Chandra was removed in 2015 for committing research fraud;[7] Issaluk was removed in 2022 following sexual misconduct allegations.[8] The formal removal process is performed by the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada, though it can be initiated by any citizen of Canada.

  1. ^ "Alan Eagleson loses his Order of Canada". CBC Digital Archives. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Quebec Cree Chief wants Ahenakew to lose Order of Canada". CBC News. December 17, 2002. Archived from the original on October 23, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Singh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Revocation of the Order of Canada Membership of Stephen Fonyo, Jr". Governor General of Canada. January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Hasham, Alyshah (February 27, 2013). "Garth Drabinsky stripped of Order of Canada". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Conrad Black removed from Order of Canada". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. January 31, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Ranjit Chandra, medical researcher, stripped of Order of Canada". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Press. January 8, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Governor General strips Inuk Johnny Issaluk of Order of Canada". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC News. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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