Laurie Pushor was appointed president and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator. He was a central figure in a Saskatchewan government land-deal scandal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/laurie-pushor-aer-ceo-saskatchewan-scandal-1.5521162 that cost taxpayers millions of dollars, was the subject of a scathing audit, and prompted an RCMP investigation.
The cloud of doubt that still hangs over Laurie Pushor’s involvement in the Saskatchewan scandal should have disqualified him from the position, opposition critics in both provinces say.
And they say Pushor’s past will make it difficult for the AER to restore its own reputation, which was seriously undermined in a much-publicized scandal involving self-dealing and lavish expenses by some of its now-former senior managers.