Jean-Pierre Blais (born ) is a Canadian lawyer who is currently serving as the Assistant Deputy Minister, Receiver General and Pension for Canada. He previously served as the Chairman of the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcast ...
(CRTC) from June 18, 2012 until June 2017.
Early life
Blais was raised in the province of
Québec
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 thirte ...
, with French as his first language, but learned English at an early age when his family moved to Toronto. He later returned to Montreal and attended
Loyola High School.
[Ladurantaye, Steve. (2 November 2013). "The enigmatic regulator who speaks truth to power", '']The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', p. B4.
References
(interim)
Living people
Chairpersons of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Lawyers in Ontario
Lawyers in Quebec
1960s births
Date of birth missing (living people)
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