Jean-Yves Laforest
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Jean-Yves Laforest is a former Canadian
Member of Parliament
.
in the 2006 federal election
representing the Bloc Québécois
for the riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain
. He sits in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet
as critic for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
.
Briefly after TQS, a Quebec
-based TV network, announced that it would abolish its information services division, Laforest introduced legislation that would create a separate branch of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for Quebec.
Canada
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Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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Member of Parliament
He was first elected to the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of Commons
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in the 2006 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
representing the Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
for the riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Saint-Maurice—Champlain is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It consists of:* the City of Shawinigan;...
. He sits in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet
Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet
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as critic for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
The Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec is the member of the Cabinet of Canada who also serves as the chief executive of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec....
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Briefly after TQS, a Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
-based TV network, announced that it would abolish its information services division, Laforest introduced legislation that would create a separate branch of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for Quebec.