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, from 1999 to 2002, until she resigned after referring to

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as a "moron".

Biography

Ducros is a member of the Quebec Bar (1986) and holds degrees in

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and civil law from

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and an undergraduate degree in history from the

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. She has practiced law, worked for an NGO and held several Canadian government positions. For 10 years, she worked for the then Liberal government acting as chief of staff from 1993 to 1996 to

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, former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and, from 1996 to 1999, as chief of staff to

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, then Minister of Inter-governmental Affairs. On June 12, 1999, Ducros became the director of communications for then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. She resigned in November 2002 soon after the Bush comment. She served as vice president at the

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. and as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. She retired from the Federal Public Service in 2020. Ducros' father was a judge during the

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trials.

References

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