Stuart Murray and Chief Executive Officer

chief executive officer: Stuart Murray, a former Manitoba Progressive Conservative leader who oversaw the construction of the museum in Winnipeg since 2009, is leaving on Nov. 1 and another chief executive officer is being sought, the board of trustees said Wednesday, according to The Star. The museum has been beset by construction delays, a price tag rising to $351 million from $200 million and disputes over which human rights violations should be the focus of global history exhibits and The head of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will soon be stepping down amid c ontroversy over cost overruns and contents of the exhibits in the recently finished building. The which took shape under the former federal Liberal government and was granted $100 million in construction costs and $21.7 million annually in operating funds by Ottawa, is the first national museum to be built outside the capital. It was partially opened on Sept. 19. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.