Brooke MacMillan removed as CEO of Liquor Control Commission
Brooke MacMillan has been ousted from the Liquor Control Commission Tuesday after his contract was rescinded, announced Premier Wade MacLauchlan Tuesday.
MacMillan was appointed to the LCC as CEO in 2008 after serving as deputy minister of the innovation department, which had responsibility for the provincial nominee program. MacMillan had applied for immigrant investor money from PNP just before going to the LCC.
In April 2009, Ghiz ordered MacMillan to give back the money he received through the PNP. A review by another senior civil servant cleared MacMillan of conflict, but the auditor general at the time Colin Younker said even the appearance of a conflict constituted a conflict.
MacLauchlan said MacMillan had been with the province for almost eight years in different roles.
"It's always a good idea in government to have a change-up of your cast," said MacLauchlan.
"This is the nature of employment at the senior ranks of government. People serve at the pleasure of the premier."
When asked by CBC News if he is trying to distance his administration from the previous administration and the PNP controversy, MacLauchlan said, "I'm leading a government that stands for change, and we've got an agenda that includes openness, transparency, a vision for the future, and we're moving forward on that."
Andrew MacMillan, the LCC's director of marketing and retail, will become acting CEO.
Brooke MacMillan will receive a severance of one-month salary for each year served, says MacLauchlan.
Correction : A previous version of this story said MacMillan had been with the province 18 years. In fact Wade MacLaughlan told CBC MacMillan had been with the province almost eight years. (Mar 31, 2015 3:33 PM)
