Retired oilman Gwyn Morgan scored big points at SNC-Lavalin's annual meeting in Montreal last week by making many of his remarks to the crowd in French. Mr. Morgan, the former CEO of EnCana Corp., replaced former RBC chief executive John Cleghorn as SNC's chairman last year. The self-described "Alberta farm boy" thanked attendees for allowing him to practise his French and earned a round of applause from the packed crowd as he gamely navigated the country's two official languages.
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