10 Facts About Claude Castonguay

Claude Castonguay taught at Universite Laval from 1951 until 1957.

Claude Castonguay was elected in the 1970 Quebec election to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Louis-Hebert.

Claude Castonguay served as Minister of Health, Family and Social Welfare.

Claude Castonguay was the Chancellor of the Universite de Montreal from 1986 until 1990.

Claude Castonguay was appointed to the Senate, as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus.

Claude Castonguay represented the senatorial division of Stadacona, Quebec, from September 23,1990, until his resignation on December 9,1992.

Claude Castonguay is so closely identified with health care in Quebec that many people refer to the Quebec health card as a Castonguette.

Claude Castonguay is a long-serving advocate of greater privatization, user fees and private insurance.

Claude Castonguay said health care is growing 5.8 per cent a year as a share of the provincial budget, while total government spending increases 3.9 per cent annually.

Claude Castonguay died on December 12,2020, at the age of 91.