Tony Tomassi was born on January 15,1971 and is a Quebec politician.
11 Facts About Tony Tomassi
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Tony Tomassi is the former Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of LaFontaine in Montreal.
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Tony Tomassi formerly represented the Quebec Liberal Party and was the Minister of Families, but was an independent until May 3,2012, date of his resignation.
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Tony Tomassi was a political aide for Liberal members for Bourget and Jeanne-Mance.
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Tony Tomassi later became a general manager at Group Genco.
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Tony Tomassi was a member of the Montreal Board of Trade.
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Tony Tomassi would run in provincial politics and was elected in 2003 in LaFontaine as a Liberal.
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Tony Tomassi was re-elected in 2007 and named the parliamentary secretary to Premier Jean Charest.
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On May 6,2010, after much controversy around the attribution of publicly subsidized daycare licenses, Tony Tomassi was asked to resign as Minister for Family and to leave the Liberal caucus, after it was revealed he was using a business credit card in the name of Canadian Bureau of Investigations and Adjustments while sitting as an MNA.
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In October 2013, his name came up again in the Charbonneau Commission when Francois Crete, former chief of staff for then-environment minister Line Beauchamp, told the Charbonneau Commission that Tony Tomassi had been lobbying for company called Carboneutre which was run by Domenic Arcuri, who has ties to the Rizzuto clan, and mob enforcer Raynald Desjardins.
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Tony Tomassi is married to Clementina Teti-Tomassi, a former Montreal City Councillor.