Editing Order of Canada (section)

===Resignation and removal===
{{Main article|Removal from the Order of Canada}}
Resignations from the order can take place only through prescribed channels, which include the member submitting to the Secretary General of the Order of Canada a letter notifying the chancellery of his or her desire to terminate their membership, and only with the governor general's approval can the resignation take effect.<ref>{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 2013| loc=25.b}}</ref> On 1 June 2009, the governor general accepted the resignations of astronomer and inventor [[René Racine]], pianist [[Jacqueline Richard]], and Cardinal [[Jean-Claude Turcotte]];<ref>{{citation| url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5761| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| author-link=Governor General of Canada| title=Media > News Releases and Messages > Resignations from the Order of Canada| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=1 June 2009| access-date=1 June 2009| archive-date=24 January 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124044833/http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5761| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation| last=Public Works and Government Services Canada| author-link=Public Works and Government Services Canada| title=Government House > Terminations of Appointment to the Order of Canada| journal=Canada Gazette| volume=143| issue=22| page=1574| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=30 May 2009| url=http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-05-30/pdf/g1-14322.pdf| access-date=6 November 2009| archive-date=17 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617050059/http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-05-30/pdf/g1-14322.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref> on 11 January 2010, the same was done for [[Renato Giuseppe Bosisio]], an engineering professor, and Father [[Lucien Larré]];<ref>{{citation| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=11 January 2010| url=http://gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13477| access-date=11 January 2010| title=Resignations from the Order of Canada| archive-date=20 January 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120001753/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13477| url-status=live}}</ref> and on 19 April 2010 for [[Frank Chauvin]].<ref>{{Cite press release| title=Resignation from the Order of Canada| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=19 April 2010| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13597| access-date=23 April 2010| archive-date=1 May 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501075442/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13597| url-status=live}}</ref> It was also reported that other constituents of the Order of Canada had, in reaction to [[Henry Morgentaler]]'s induction into their ranks, indicated that they would return or had returned their emblems in protest,<ref name=Catholic>{{citation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-premier-supports-honours-for-morgentaler-1.759015 |title=Catholic group handing in Order of Canada over Morgentaler |date=8 July 2008 |publisher=CBC |access-date=8 July 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709195132/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/08/morgentaler-order.html |archive-date=9 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/former-n-b-lieutenant-governor-to-return-order-of-canada-in-protest-1.749669 |title=Former lieutenant-governor returns Order of Canada in protest |date=9 July 2008 |publisher=CBC |access-date=9 July 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710234936/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/07/09/nb-finn.html |archive-date=10 July 2008 }}</ref> including organizations such as the [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] and [[Madonna House Apostolate]] doing so on behalf of deceased former members.<ref name=Catholic /><ref>{{citation| url=http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3143435-church-returns-order-of-canada-medals/| last=Chin| first=Joseph| title=Church returns Order of Canada medals| publisher=Mississauga News| date=8 December 2008| access-date=26 October 2014| archive-date=26 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026094053/http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3143435-church-returns-order-of-canada-medals/| url-status=live}}</ref>

Members may be removed from the order if the Advisory Council feels their actions have brought the order into disrepute. In order for this to be done, the council must agree to take action and then send a letter to the person both telling of the group's decision and requesting a response. Anyone removed from the order is required to return their insignia. {{As of|2025|02|post=, }} nine people have been removed from the Order of Canada:<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/buffy-sainte-marie-s-order-of-canada-terminated-by-gg-1.7454259| title=Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by Governor General| date=7 February 2025| publisher=CBC News| newspaper=cbc.ca| access-date=7 February 2025| archive-date=8 February 2025| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208030352/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/buffy-sainte-marie-s-order-of-canada-terminated-by-gg-1.7454259| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alan Eagleson]], who was dismissed after being jailed for fraud in 1998;<ref>{{citation| url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDCC-1-41-1493-10073/sports/alan_eagleson/| title=Sports > Business of Sports > The Rise and Fall of Alan Eagleson| publisher=CBC| access-date=28 July 2009| archive-date=14 October 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014024200/http://archives.cbc.ca/IDCC-1-41-1493-10073/sports/alan_eagleson/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Ahenakew]], who faced calls for his removal due to [[antisemitic]] comments he made in 2002;<ref>{{citation| title=Quebec Cree Chief wants Ahenakew to lose Order of Canada| publisher=CBC| date=17 December 2002| url=http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_mosesreax20021217| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028125320/http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_mosesreax20021217| archive-date=28 October 2005| access-date=28 July 2009}}</ref> [[T. Sher Singh]], after the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]] found him guilty of professional misconduct and revoked his licence to practise law;<ref>{{citation| url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5685| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| author-link=Governor General of Canada| title=Revocation of Order of Canada membership of T. Sher Singh| date=6 April 2009| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=28 July 2009| archive-date=19 January 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119000450/http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5685| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Steve Fonyo]], due to "his multiple criminal convictions, for which there are no outstanding appeals";<ref>{{citation| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| author-link=Governor General of Canada| title=Revocation of the Order of Canada Membership of Stephen Fonyo, Jr| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| date=25 January 2010| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13497| access-date=25 January 2010| archive-date=31 January 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131020049/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13497| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation| title=Fonyo loses his Order of Canada| publisher=CBC| date=25 January 2010| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fonyo-loses-his-order-of-canada-1.894005| access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref> [[Garth Drabinsky]], who was found guilty of fraud and forgery in Ontario and has been a fugitive from American law for related crimes;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/livent-co-founders-drabinsky-gottlieb-convicted-of-fraud-and-forgery-1.778879| title=Livent co-founders Drabinsky, Gottlieb convicted of fraud and forgery| date=25 March 2009| publisher=CBC News| newspaper=cbc.ca| access-date=26 October 2014| archive-date=11 December 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211123446/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/livent-co-founders-drabinsky-gottlieb-convicted-of-fraud-and-forgery-1.778879| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/02/27/garth_drabinsky_stripped_of_order_of_canada.html| title=Garth Drabinsky stripped of Order of Canada| date=27 February 2013| newspaper=Toronto Star| access-date=27 February 2013}}</ref> [[Conrad Black]], who was convicted in the United States in 2007 of fraud and obstruction of justice;<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conrad-black-stripped-of-order-of-canada-1.2519299| title=Conrad Black stripped of Order of Canada| date=31 January 2014| publisher=CBC| access-date=1 February 2014| archive-date=1 February 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155208/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conrad-black-stripped-of-order-of-canada-1.2519299| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ranjit Chandra]], whose scientific work was discredited by allegations of fraud;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ranjit-chandra-order-stripped-1.3396295|title=Ranjit Chandra, medical researcher, stripped of Order of Canada|agency=The Canadian Press|publisher=CBC|date=8 January 2016|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212012943/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ranjit-chandra-order-stripped-1.3396295|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Johnny Issaluk]], following allegations of sexual misconduct;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2022/2022-10-15/html/gh-rg-eng.html | title=Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 156, Number 42: GOVERNMENT HOUSE | date=15 October 2022 | access-date=1 November 2023 | archive-date=20 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020130509/https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2022/2022-10-15/html/gh-rg-eng.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |agency=CBC News |date=17 October 2022 |title=Governor General strips Inuk Johnny Issaluk of Order of Canada |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/johnny-issaluk-order-of-canada-revoked-1.6619570 |work=CBC News |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516042445/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/johnny-issaluk-order-of-canada-revoked-1.6619570 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], after her claims of Indigenous ancestry were reported to be inconsistent with publicly available documents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 6: GOVERNMENT HOUSE |url=https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2025/2025-02-08/html/gh-rg-eng.html |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.gazette.gc.ca |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208235805/https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2025/2025-02-08/html/gh-rg-eng.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, [[Bernard Norman Barwin|Norman Barwin]] resigned from the order as a result of the Advisory Council moving forward with his pending removal due to his being found guilty of professional misconduct.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-doctor-loses-order-of-canada-after-sperm-mix-ups-1.1398704| newspaper=cbc.ca| title=Ottawa doctor loses Order of Canada after sperm mix-ups| date=3 August 2013| access-date=3 August 2013| archive-date=23 September 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923000254/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-doctor-loses-order-of-canada-after-sperm-mix-ups-1.1398704| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-08-03/html/gh-rg-eng.html| title=Government House Termination of Appointment to the Order of Canada| journal=Canada Gazette| volume=147| date=3 August 2013| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=3 August 2013| archive-date=8 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808042020/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-08-03/html/gh-rg-eng.html| url-status=live}}</ref> 

The Order's Advisory Council considered a request made in 2021 for the expulsion of [[Julie Payette]], the 29th Governor General of Canada, from the order. Payette, an Extraordinary Companion, resigned from the viceregal post over [[2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review|allegations of harassment of personnel]] at [[Rideau Hall]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/advisory-council-considers-terminating-julie-payette-from-order-of-canada-1.6121989| last=Burke| first=Ashley| title=Advisory council could strip Julie Payette of her Order of Canada| date=29 July 2021| publisher=CBC News| accessdate=25 August 2021}}</ref>