Former president of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) Henri-Paul Rousseau turned diplomat.
Mr. Rousseau will replace Michel Boisvert as head of Quebec's general delegation in Paris. The decision was taken by the Council of Ministers of the Legault government on Wednesday afternoon.
The concerned chief will assume office in mid-July. His appointment was confirmed by International Relations Minister Martin Biron at a press scrum on Wednesday afternoon.
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Martin Biron welcomed the appointment of Henri-Paul Rousseau to Quebec's general delegation in Paris on Wednesday.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Sylvain Roy Roussel
Henri-Paul Rousseau arrives at Quebec's general delegation on Avenue Victor-Hugo in Paris, in a political context of complete upheaval, while President Emmanuel Macron dissolves the National Assembly by launching early legislative elections in light of past European results. Election.
Now leading France's National Rally and the New Popular Front, which has been hastily formed from half a dozen left-wing parties, dominated the election, suggesting a poor result for Mr Macron's party, Renaissance, in the Elysée.
Questioned on the issue, Minister Biron on Wednesday preferred not to speculate. What is the situation in July, we will advise at that time, she announced. We always work with the results of the elections, whatever they may be.”,”text”:”There are two rounds of legislative elections, so we will see how the situation is after July 7 and we will advise here at that time – there, she declared. We always work with the election results, whatever they may be.”}}”>She announced that there are two phases to the assembly elections and we will see the situation after July 7th and advise at that time. We always work with election results, whatever they may be.
Having said that, Rousseau has a lot of political contacts in France, so I think it will be useful for us in this new environment”,”text”:”M.Rousseau has a lot of political contacts in France, so I think it will be useful for them. We are in this new environment”}}”>Mr. Rousseau has many political contacts in France, so I think that will serve us well in this new environment.
Mrs. Biron underlined.
Henri-Paul Rousseau shakes hands with then-PQ opposition member François Legault before testifying at a parliamentary committee on May 19, 2009.
Photo: The Canadian Press / Clement Allard
Henri-Paul Rousseau, who celebrated his 76th birthday, presided notably. CDPQ From 2002 to 2008. The end of his reign was marked by the subprime mortgage crisis, in which the Caisse, often presented as the “nest egg of Quebecers,” lost tens of billions of dollars.
Mr. Rousseau worked for several years at the Power Corporation Conglomerate before entering academia, most notably becoming an associate professor. HECCD is Senior Researcher at the Howe Institute, Visiting Researcher at Cyrano and Visiting Professor at the Paris School of Economics.
He received many honors in his career. Mr. Rousseau was notably made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2016.
It is a very good nomination, I am very happy
Prime Minister François Legault, on Wednesday afternoon, left a meeting of the Council of Ministers, acknowledging the fact that he is a man of Henri-Paul Rousseau experience.
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