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Conseil Du Patronat Du Québec
The Conseil du patronat du Québec or CPQ ( en, Quebec Council of Employers) is an institution that promotes business interests in Quebec, Canada. It was established on January 20, 1969 and plays a significant role in Quebec politics, issuing opinions on the impact of the governments' decisions on the economy of Quebec. The CPQ's positions often favour a corporate-friendly governance, fiscal conservatism and constitutional stability or status quo. Yves-Thomas Dorval is the CPQ's current president. Marc-André Roy is now the President of the Board of Administration. Presidents of the CPQ Presidents of the Board of Administration of the CPQ * Marcel Bundock (1986 - 1988) * Jeannine Guillevin Wood (1988 - 1990) * Guy Laflamme (1990 - 1994) * Jim Hewitt (1994 - 1996) * Ghislain Dufour (1996 - 1997) * André Y. Fortier (1998 - 2002) * Guy G. Dufresne (2002 - 2006) *John LeBoutillier (2006 - 2010) * Jean-Yves Leblanc (2010 - 2014) * Louis-Marie Beaulieu (2014 - 2017) *Marc-André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Laflamme
Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Texas, US, an unincorporated community * Guy Street, Montreal, Canada Art and entertainment Films * ''Guy'' (1997 film) (American, starring Vincent D'Onofrio) * ''Guy'' (2018 film) (French, starring Alex Lutz) * '' That Guy... Who Was in That Thing'' (2012), a documentary film * Free Guy (2021), an action comedy film Music * ''Guy'' (album), debut studio album of Guy (band) 1988 * Guy (band), an American R&B group * "G.U.Y.", a 2014 song by Lady Gaga from the album ''Artpop'' Transport * Guy (sailing), rope to control a spinnaker on a sailboat * Air Guyane Express, ICAO code GUY * Guy Motors, a former British bus and truck builder * ''Guy'' (ship, 1933), see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill 78
Bill 78, officially titled An Act to enable students to receive instruction from the postsecondary institutions they attend, led to an emergency law passed on 18 May 2012 by the National Assembly of Quebec. The law was passed in response to a student strike opposing tuition increases, associated with large student protests, and states that its purpose is to ensure that no student be denied the right to receive education at the school they attend, and that no one may impede the school's ability to provide it. The law restricts protest or picketing on or near university grounds. The law further requires that organizers of a protest, consisting of 50 or more people in a public venue anywhere in Quebec, submit their proposed venue and/or route to the relevant police for approval. Bill 78 was drafted by members of the Quebec Liberal Party, introduced by Education Minister Michelle Courchesne, and passed with the support of the Coalition Avenir Québec party. The planned tuition inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Marie Beaulieu
Louis-Marie may refer to: *Louis Marie Baptiste Atthalin (1784–1856), French Army officer, politician, painter, watercolorist, and lithographer *Louis-Marie-Augustin d'Aumont, 4th Duke of Aumont of the Aumont family, a French noble house *Louis-Marie Autissier (1772–1830), French-born Belgian portrait miniature painter *Louis-Marie Baader (1828–1920), French painter of German descent *Louis-Marie-Edmond Blanquart de Bailleul (1795–1868), French Roman Catholic bishop * Louis-Marie-Raphaël Barbier (1792–1852), physician and surgeon from Berthier-en-Haut in Lower Canada *Louis-Marie Baudouin (1765–1835), French Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Sons of Mary Immaculate and the Ursulines of Jesus * Louis-Marie-Joseph Beaumont (1753–1828), farmer and political figure in Lower Canada *Louis-Marie Billé (1938–2002), French clergyman, archbishop of Lyon, cardinal until his death in office *Louis-Marie de Blignières (born 1949), French traditionalist Catholic priest, fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Yves Leblanc
Jean-Yves is a French masculine given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Jean-Yves André (born 1977), Mauritian footballer * Jean-Yves Anis (born 1980), French footballer * Yves Jean-Bart (born 1947), Haitian football executive * Jean-Yves Berteloot (born 1958), French actor * Jean-Yves Besselat (1943–2012), French politician * Jean-Yves Béziau (born 1965), Swiss professor, mathematician, and researcher * Jean-Yves Bigras (1919–1966), Canadian film director and film editor * Jean-Yves de Blasiis (born 1973), French footballer * Jean-Yves Blondeau (born 1970), French designer * Jean-Yves Bony (born 1955), French politician * Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947), French composer and writer * Jean-Yves Bouguet, scientist * Jean-Yves Calvez (1927–2010), French Jesuit priest and philosopher * Jean-Yves Camus (born 1958), French political scientist * Jean-Yves Cartier (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Jean-Yves Chay (born 1948), French football manager and go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John LeBoutillier
John LeBoutillier (born May 26, 1953) is an American political columnist, pundit, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, serving a single two-year term. Education LeBoutillier graduated from the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, in 1971. He graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Harvard University in 1976, and earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1979. LeBoutillier first rose to national prominence in 1974. While still a college student at Harvard, he raised over a quarter million dollars for the campaign of former Vietnam War prisoner of war Leo K. Thorsness, a South Dakota Republican campaigning to unseat liberal senator George McGovern. As a result, LeBoutillier has been an activist on POW/MIA issues ever since. LeBoutillier's efforts on behalf of Thorsness caught the attention of President Ford's re-election campaign and in 1976 he was appointed regional coordinator, responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy G
Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Texas, US, an unincorporated community * Guy Street, Montreal, Canada Art and entertainment Films * ''Guy'' (1997 film) (American, starring Vincent D'Onofrio) * ''Guy'' (2018 film) (French, starring Alex Lutz) * '' That Guy... Who Was in That Thing'' (2012), a documentary film * Free Guy (2021), an action comedy film Music * ''Guy'' (album), debut studio album of Guy (band) 1988 * Guy (band), an American R&B group * "G.U.Y.", a 2014 song by Lady Gaga from the album ''Artpop'' Transport * Guy (sailing), rope to control a spinnaker on a sailboat * Air Guyane Express, ICAO code GUY * Guy Motors, a former British bus and truck builder * ''Guy'' (ship, 1933), se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Y
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * : Andrei, |
Ghislain Dufour
Masculine Ghislain, Guislain, Gislain or Ghiselin and feminine Ghislaine or Ghyslaine is a French personal name used in countries with French-speaking populations. The name derives from Germanic words ''gis'' ("information") and ''lind'' ("sweet"). The name possibly became popular as it was added to the names given to children at birth to afford them protection by Saint Ghislain of Hainaut. People with this given name include: * Saint Ghislain (died 680), probably Germanic Belgian Roman Catholic saint whose name was later given to children. * Ghislaine Dommanget (1900–1991), Princess of Monaco and actress * Ghislaine Alexander (1922–2000), British heiress and socialite * Ghislain Cloquet (1924–1981), Belgian-born French cinematographer * Ghislaine Roquet (1926–2016), Canadian philosophy professor and nun * Ghislain Fournier (born 1938), Canadian politician and businessman * Ghislaine Thesmar (born 1943), French ballet dancer * Ghislain de Montgolfier (born 1943), French wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Hewitt
James J. Hewitt (born January 28, 1933) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Boundary-Similkameen Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial riding formed in 2008. It includes the populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. The riding's name corresponds to that of a former riding in the same area, with sim ... in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1988 as a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party, Social Credit Party. He held several roles in the Executive Council of British Columbia during his term as an MLA, including Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Energy and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Although retired from elected politics, Hewitt actively campaigned against the province's 2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009 electoral reform referendum. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
