Jean Tremblay
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Jean Tremblay is a politician from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
(Quebec, Canada). Notary by profession and a businessman, he became mayor of Chicoutimi in 1997. After the municipal reorganization in Quebec, he became the first magistrate of the city of Saguenay
on 1 January 2002. Its mandate is renewed in the elections of November 2005 with 72% of the vote and again in November 2009 with 78% of support.
in 1974. Graduated in notary law at the same university in 1975, he became a member of the Chamber of Notaries of Quebec the same year.
He practices the profession of notary in Chicoutimi in 1975. In 1979 he became associated shareholder of the restaurant St-Hubert de Chicoutimi. It is also majority shareholder of a real estate company from 1979 to 1997. He teaches in the Department of Administrative Sciences, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi during the school year 1980-1981.
He was mayor of the city of Chicoutimi from 1997 to 2001. Following the municipal reorganization in Quebec, he was elected mayor of the new city of Saguenay November 25, 2001.
In 2002, he founded Promotion Saguenay. The same year he became a member of the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ). He will sit on the executive committee from 2004.
He organized in 2002, a referendum on the name of the new city. 12, 13 and April 14, citizens had to vote on two proposed names be Chicoutimi and Saguenay. The result of the ballot read as follows: name of Chicoutimi, 32,399 votes (47.26%), name of Saguenay, 35,810 votes (52.23%). The majority opted for Saguenay.
In 2004 he creates an office of Ombudsman. In 2005, he engages in Saguenay cases against multinationals to recover payment of taxes on private hydroelectric dams on the territory of the city. In 2006, he supports the practice of prayer at meetings of the City Council.
In 2007, the first magistrate undertaking the necessary steps to implement a port of call for international cruises in the borough of La Baie.
In April 2009, the firm Influence Communication, initiated by Le Journal de Quebec, publishes a study on the media weight of 11 mayors in Quebec. On this list, Jean Tremblay ranks third after Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Quebec, and Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal. Of the 11 mayors surveyed, the chief magistrate of Saguenay gets a percentage of media coverage locally, nationally and internationally valued at 7,5%. The media space devoted to Jean Tremblay door to 32% on the regional economy and 26% on the back of the prayer.
Mayor Jean Tremblay has been an ardent supporter of the merger of seven municipalities (Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie, Laterriere, a portion of the territory of Canton-Tremblay, Lac Kenogami and Shipshaw) in the new city of Saguenay. It was to this effect issued a document entitled Le courage de changer les choses to explain and convince people of the usefulness and benefits of creating the new city of Saguenay.
It was the first mayor of major cities in Quebec to implement a new form of municipal management called « Gestion par activités » (City Stat Performance Strategy). The implementation of this new model has enabled Saguenay make substantial savings of citizens and improve the efficiency of municipal services. Mayor Jean Tremblay has lectured on numerous occasions to explain this success.
"Almighty God, we thank you for the great blessings which You have given to Saguenay and its citizens, including freedom, opportunities for development and peace. Guide us in our deliberations as a member of City Council and help us to well aware of our duties and responsibilities. Grant us wisdom, knowledge and understanding that will preserve the benefits enjoyed by our city for all to enjoy and we can make wise decisions. Amen "
- Please municipal Saguenay, Prayer to the board: the floor to Simoneau Despite the complaint, the City Council decides to maintain the recitation of the prayer. In October of that year and following an investigation by the Commission on Human Rights, a mediation session is held between the parties to find a satisfactory arrangement. As a result of this mediation, Christian Joncas withdraws the complaint. On September 20, 2007, John Smith has the name of Ville Saguenay, a paper entitled Memory of reasonable accommodation to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission during the passage of the latter in Saguenay. It defends the place of the Catholic religion in public in Quebec. The submission raises various reactions. On May 15, 2008, the CDPDJ says that the recitation of a prayer at City Council Saguenay violates freedom of conscience and religion [35]. Refusing to comply with the decision of the commission, the mayor, city council supported, maintains practice.
In August 2008, still supported by the MLQ, Simoneau said he continues Ville Saguenay and John Smith, claiming $ 100,000 in damages and fees for extra-judicial rights abuses and violation of freedom of religion and conscience [ 36]. Simoneau asked to stop reciting the prayer municipal and require the removal of a statue of the Sacred Heart located in a corner room overlooking the deliberations of the Chicoutimi district, and a crucifix mounted on a wall in the boardroom of the district of the Bay [36]. On November 27, 2008, a notice of continuation of John Smith and Ville Saguenay is sent to the Attorney General of Quebec. In February 2011, the Court of Human Rights ordered the Quebec Jean Tremblay and city of Saguenay to stop reciting the prayer to the city council to remove the religious symbols of the boardroom and to pay 30 000 CAD as punitive damages and moral Alain Simoneau. The mayor expressed his intention to appeal, the municipal use to launch a fundraising campaign, collects about 60 000 CAD and claims to be ready to go to the Supreme Court if necessary. The file is a national issue and the mayor is a strong media coverage. He gives interviews in English Canada, the United States and Europe with various news organizations including CBC News, Agence France-Presse, The Cross and Sun Media. In late March, the appellate court authorizes the Mayor and City Saguenay to appeal the decision. "[...] This battle, I do it because I love Christ. When I reach the other side, I can be a little proud. I will say, "I fought for you, I even went on trial for you. »» - Jean Tremblay, The Voice of the East On July 12, 2011, The Canadian Press says the mayor's fundraising campaign has raised $ 181,000, compared to the fundraiser launched by the MLQ which has received $ 25,000.
In October 2010, the regional Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean of the Federation of Professional Journalists of Québec publishes a black file on the municipal information in Saguenay where eight journalists from different media reports of intimidation, customization records, and accused the city administration and Jean Tremblay to threaten the freedom of the press. The next day, the mayor says he does not apologize or take seriously the accusations of journalists.
"The black file, it does not bother me too much. I think it's ridiculous. They would do it on any mayor, anyone. [...] My job is not to satisfy the journalists is to satisfy the citizens. " - Jean Tremblay, Jean Tremblay responds to record black
The same year, Jean Tremblay imagines a new way to inform citizens by creating the interactive site Villeenaction.com. The new city are presented in the form of capsules informative videos, hyperlinks and e-mail and also uses social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region...
(Quebec, Canada). Notary by profession and a businessman, he became mayor of Chicoutimi in 1997. After the municipal reorganization in Quebec, he became the first magistrate of the city of Saguenay
Saguenay
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on 1 January 2002. Its mandate is renewed in the elections of November 2005 with 72% of the vote and again in November 2009 with 78% of support.
Biography
Jean Tremblay acquired a law degree from Université LavalUniversité Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
in 1974. Graduated in notary law at the same university in 1975, he became a member of the Chamber of Notaries of Quebec the same year.
He practices the profession of notary in Chicoutimi in 1975. In 1979 he became associated shareholder of the restaurant St-Hubert de Chicoutimi. It is also majority shareholder of a real estate company from 1979 to 1997. He teaches in the Department of Administrative Sciences, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi during the school year 1980-1981.
He was mayor of the city of Chicoutimi from 1997 to 2001. Following the municipal reorganization in Quebec, he was elected mayor of the new city of Saguenay November 25, 2001.
In 2002, he founded Promotion Saguenay. The same year he became a member of the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ). He will sit on the executive committee from 2004.
He organized in 2002, a referendum on the name of the new city. 12, 13 and April 14, citizens had to vote on two proposed names be Chicoutimi and Saguenay. The result of the ballot read as follows: name of Chicoutimi, 32,399 votes (47.26%), name of Saguenay, 35,810 votes (52.23%). The majority opted for Saguenay.
In 2004 he creates an office of Ombudsman. In 2005, he engages in Saguenay cases against multinationals to recover payment of taxes on private hydroelectric dams on the territory of the city. In 2006, he supports the practice of prayer at meetings of the City Council.
In 2007, the first magistrate undertaking the necessary steps to implement a port of call for international cruises in the borough of La Baie.
In April 2009, the firm Influence Communication, initiated by Le Journal de Quebec, publishes a study on the media weight of 11 mayors in Quebec. On this list, Jean Tremblay ranks third after Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Quebec, and Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal. Of the 11 mayors surveyed, the chief magistrate of Saguenay gets a percentage of media coverage locally, nationally and internationally valued at 7,5%. The media space devoted to Jean Tremblay door to 32% on the regional economy and 26% on the back of the prayer.
Mayor Jean Tremblay has been an ardent supporter of the merger of seven municipalities (Chicoutimi, Jonquière, La Baie, Laterriere, a portion of the territory of Canton-Tremblay, Lac Kenogami and Shipshaw) in the new city of Saguenay. It was to this effect issued a document entitled Le courage de changer les choses to explain and convince people of the usefulness and benefits of creating the new city of Saguenay.
It was the first mayor of major cities in Quebec to implement a new form of municipal management called « Gestion par activités » (City Stat Performance Strategy). The implementation of this new model has enabled Saguenay make substantial savings of citizens and improve the efficiency of municipal services. Mayor Jean Tremblay has lectured on numerous occasions to explain this success.
Prayer of the City Council
In September 2006, Christian Joncas and Alain Simoneau, two activists from the Coalition of Citizens of Saguenay, file a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights (CDPDJ) against Mayor Jean Tremblay, for reciting a short prayer at the beginning of each meeting of City Council. Adapted from a tradition of the ancient city of Chicoutimi, municipal prayer reads:"Almighty God, we thank you for the great blessings which You have given to Saguenay and its citizens, including freedom, opportunities for development and peace. Guide us in our deliberations as a member of City Council and help us to well aware of our duties and responsibilities. Grant us wisdom, knowledge and understanding that will preserve the benefits enjoyed by our city for all to enjoy and we can make wise decisions. Amen "
- Please municipal Saguenay, Prayer to the board: the floor to Simoneau Despite the complaint, the City Council decides to maintain the recitation of the prayer. In October of that year and following an investigation by the Commission on Human Rights, a mediation session is held between the parties to find a satisfactory arrangement. As a result of this mediation, Christian Joncas withdraws the complaint. On September 20, 2007, John Smith has the name of Ville Saguenay, a paper entitled Memory of reasonable accommodation to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission during the passage of the latter in Saguenay. It defends the place of the Catholic religion in public in Quebec. The submission raises various reactions. On May 15, 2008, the CDPDJ says that the recitation of a prayer at City Council Saguenay violates freedom of conscience and religion [35]. Refusing to comply with the decision of the commission, the mayor, city council supported, maintains practice.
In August 2008, still supported by the MLQ, Simoneau said he continues Ville Saguenay and John Smith, claiming $ 100,000 in damages and fees for extra-judicial rights abuses and violation of freedom of religion and conscience [ 36]. Simoneau asked to stop reciting the prayer municipal and require the removal of a statue of the Sacred Heart located in a corner room overlooking the deliberations of the Chicoutimi district, and a crucifix mounted on a wall in the boardroom of the district of the Bay [36]. On November 27, 2008, a notice of continuation of John Smith and Ville Saguenay is sent to the Attorney General of Quebec. In February 2011, the Court of Human Rights ordered the Quebec Jean Tremblay and city of Saguenay to stop reciting the prayer to the city council to remove the religious symbols of the boardroom and to pay 30 000 CAD as punitive damages and moral Alain Simoneau. The mayor expressed his intention to appeal, the municipal use to launch a fundraising campaign, collects about 60 000 CAD and claims to be ready to go to the Supreme Court if necessary. The file is a national issue and the mayor is a strong media coverage. He gives interviews in English Canada, the United States and Europe with various news organizations including CBC News, Agence France-Presse, The Cross and Sun Media. In late March, the appellate court authorizes the Mayor and City Saguenay to appeal the decision. "[...] This battle, I do it because I love Christ. When I reach the other side, I can be a little proud. I will say, "I fought for you, I even went on trial for you. »» - Jean Tremblay, The Voice of the East On July 12, 2011, The Canadian Press says the mayor's fundraising campaign has raised $ 181,000, compared to the fundraiser launched by the MLQ which has received $ 25,000.
Media Relations
Jean Tremblay made numerous appearances on regional television stations and provincial governments. He was host of a television series shown on Channel Community Saguenay Canal Vox. He was invited on the occasion of the national networks like LCN to discuss various topics. In April 2009, the firm Influence Communication, initiated by Le Journal de Quebec, published a study on media weight of 11 mayors of Quebec. On this list, Jean Tremblay ranks third after Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Quebec, and Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal. Of the 11 mayors surveyed, the first magistrate of Saguenay gets a percentage of media coverage locally, nationally and internationally valued at 7.5%.In October 2010, the regional Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean of the Federation of Professional Journalists of Québec publishes a black file on the municipal information in Saguenay where eight journalists from different media reports of intimidation, customization records, and accused the city administration and Jean Tremblay to threaten the freedom of the press. The next day, the mayor says he does not apologize or take seriously the accusations of journalists.
"The black file, it does not bother me too much. I think it's ridiculous. They would do it on any mayor, anyone. [...] My job is not to satisfy the journalists is to satisfy the citizens. " - Jean Tremblay, Jean Tremblay responds to record black
The same year, Jean Tremblay imagines a new way to inform citizens by creating the interactive site Villeenaction.com. The new city are presented in the form of capsules informative videos, hyperlinks and e-mail and also uses social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Publications
- 1999 - Le courage de changer les choses : un projet à construire pour les générations à venir, Chicoutimi, 33 pages;
- 2002 - Les régions du Québec en crise : bilan, enjeux et voie de solutions, Saguenay, 40 pages;
- 2003 - Des droits ancestraux et du droit à l’égalité des chances - Mémoire présenté à la Commission parlementaire des institutions touchant l’entente de principe d’ordre général entre les premières nations de Mamuitun et Nutashkuan et le gouvernement du Québec et le gouvernement du Canada, 18 pages;
- 2003 - Ville de Saguenay, un pôle majeur de croissance pour le Québec - Mémoire présenté à la Commission parlementaire sur l’aménagement du territoire touchant la Loi concernant la consultation des citoyens sur la réorganisation territoriale de certaines municipalités, 29 pages;
- 2004 - Saguenay, une ville tournée vers l’avenir - Mémoire présenté au ministre des Finances dans le cadre des consultations prébudgétaires, 33 pages;
- 2007 - Mémoire sur les accommodements raisonnables, Montréal, Les Éditions Anne Sigier, 120 pages.
- 2010 - Mémoire sur le projet de loi 94, Loi établissant les balises encadrant les demandes d'accommodement dans l'Administration gouvernementale et dans certains établissements, 15 pages.
- http://classiques.uqac.ca/desintegration/tremblay_jean/tremblay_jean_maire.html
External links
City of Saguenay- http://www.villeenaction.com