1. Jean-Charles Lapierre was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster.
37 Facts About Jean Lapierre
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Jean Lapierre was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government.
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Jean Lapierre was first elected to the House of Commons in 1978, serving from 1979 to 1993, and representing the riding of Shefford.
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Jean Lapierre sat as a Liberal from 1979 to 1990, and later as an independent.
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Jean Lapierre returned after an eleven-year absence when he won a seat in the 2004 federal election for the Montreal riding of Outremont.
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In 2016, Jean Lapierre died on a private plane that crashed on approach to Iles-de-la-Madeleine Airport.
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Jean Lapierre had younger siblings: a sister Martine and brothers Marc and Louis Lapierre.
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Jean Lapierre married and had two children: Marie-Anne and Jean-Michel Lapierre.
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Jean Lapierre was elected to the House of Commons in 1978, serving from 1979 to 1993, representing the riding of Shefford, Quebec.
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Jean Lapierre was a Quebec federalist; together with Pierre Trudeau, he opposed the 1980 Quebec referendum alternative to establish sovereignty for the province.
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Jean Lapierre's tenure was brief as Turner called an election nine days after being sworn in, and the Liberals lost.
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Jean Lapierre was a strong proponent of the Meech Lake Accord, and Turner and Martin expressed support for it.
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Trudeau publicly campaigned against it, and Jean Lapierre Chretien opposed it as well.
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Jean Lapierre has said that he never fully identified as a separatist and was the "red of the rainbow" in a temporary ad hoc rainbow coalition.
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Jean Lapierre wanted to gain a level playing field for Quebec.
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In private life, Jean Lapierre was well known in Quebec as a broadcaster and talk show host for Montreal radio station CKAC.
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Jean Lapierre worked simultaneously as a TV news presenter for a time.
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Jean Lapierre had a different style from his predecessors, most of whom were cautious, soft-spoken, and mindful of the effects of their Quebec actions on the rest of Canada.
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Jean Lapierre considered Lapierre to be crucial to winning over part of the nationalist vote.
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Jean Lapierre said that it would help the Liberals if the Royal Canadian Mounted Police could "lay some charges already" in the sponsorship probe.
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Years later, Jean Lapierre said the sponsorship scandal had damaged the party like getting hit by a Mack truck.
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Jean Lapierre spearheaded a large federal investment in the Prince Rupert container terminal, saying that it improved ties to Asian markets while enhancing economic development in northern British Columbia and Alberta.
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Jean Lapierre reduced the amount paid by airports to the federal government by some $5 billion over the remaining life of the leases.
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Jean Lapierre announced the implementation of a No Fly List to increase security for airline passengers.
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Jean Lapierre ensured that due process was followed in dismissing Pelletier a second time.
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Jean Lapierre rejected calls to resign and denied that he had any knowledge of the collapse.
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Jean Lapierre pointed out that most of the passengers had booked flights with credit cards and would be eligible for refunds.
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Jean Lapierre retained his position as Quebec lieutenant for the 2006 election.
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Jean Lapierre was personally re-elected without much difficulty, though with a reduced margin.
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Jean Lapierre was neutral at the 2006 Liberal leadership election, where Stephane Dion was elected Liberal leader.
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On January 11,2007, Jean Lapierre announced that he would retire from political office at the end of the month.
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Jean Lapierre started work as a political analyst with Quebec television network TVA and Montreal radio station 98.5 FM.
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Jean Lapierre co-hosted a political show with reporter Paul Larocque: Larocque-Lapierre.
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Jean Lapierre was political commentator for CJAD and FM 98.5 radio in Montreal, and FM 93 in Quebec city.
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Jean Lapierre contributed regularly to Power Play and Question Period on the CTV network.
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In 2014, Jean Lapierre was coauthor with Chantal Hebert of the non-fiction book The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was.
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On March 29,2016, Jean Lapierre died in a plane crash short of the airport in the Magdalen Islands.