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Jean Fortier
Jean E. Fortier is a Canadians, Canadian politician and was a City Councillor from Montreal, Quebec. Professional career Fortier worked in industrial and international financing for the Mercantile Bank, Barclay's, and ABB). He was also a consultant in international economic development (EEC, Madagascar, Micronesia, Tunisia). Education Fortier has a baccalauréat en administration des affaires (B.A.A.) from the Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and a Master of Engineering from the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS). His Master's thesis was entitled: "A Study on the Use of Activity-Based Management Principles and Parametric Estimation of Investment Budgetsof the City of Montreal." Municipal Politics In 1998 he ran for a seat on the City Council under the Vision Montreal label in the district of Darlington. He won with 32% against incumbent Jack Chadirdjian (31%). He served as Montreal's Chairman of the Executive Committee from 1998 to 2001. Fortier did not run for re-ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
