Gwyn Morgan

Gwyn Morgan is a director of several large corporations in Canada, including EnCana Corporation and SNC-Lavalin. He is also on the board of trustees of the Fraser Institute, a Director for The Manning Centre for Building Democracy and a non-executive Director of HSBC. He is most noted for being the former President and CEO of EnCana Corporation. [cite web
url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20060529_127613_127613
title=Q&A with retired oilman Gwyn Morgan
publisher=Maclean's
date=25 May 2006
accessdate=2006-07-02]

Public appointment commission controversy

In 2006, Morgan was appointed by Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper to chair the new public appointment commission. However, the appointment was rejected by opposition MPs due to statements Morgan had made linking refugees with crime in Canada and due to the fact that Morgan's past role as a supporter and fundraiser for the Conservative Party of Canada would conflict with the commission's role of eliminating the use of public appointments for partisan patronage purposes.

Conservatives countered with the fact that the previously-governing Liberals had sponsored a program under Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada targeting a community of "made up recent Arabic and Somalian immigrants" with the goal of reducing crime. [cite web
url=http://www.psepc.gc.ca/res/cp/ev/pe-en.asp
title=Keeping Canadians Safe, Project Early Intervention
publisher=Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada] [cite news
url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=45672cb0-eab1-4495-a777-1db4969e4377
title=Smearing Mr. Morgan
publisher=National Post
date=17 May 2006]

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