Leaving Canada For The U.S.A.
In October 1998, after 27 years in Edmonton, Peter Pocklington moved to the U.S. with his wife Eva, and settled in Indian Wells, California. The couple currently resides in Palm Desert, California.
Pocklington has been active in business and philanthropic pursuits since settling in the U.S. He was a long-time member of the board of the Betty Ford Center, and has lectured on the merits of the free-enterprise system in local schools.
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