Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau honoured with statue at National Assembly
A statue of former Parti Québécois (PQ) premier Jacques Parizeau was unveiled outdoors the Nationwide Meeting constructing Wednesday.
Parizeau, who made independence the battle of his political profession, was premier from September 1994 till he resigned after struggling a slim defeat within the Oct. 30, 1995, sovereignty referendum.
A senior civil servant within the Nineteen Sixties, Parizeau helped set up the Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec, the province’s pension fund supervisor, earlier than coming into politics and serving as finance minister within the authorities of René Lévesque from 1976 to 1984.
He left the celebration when the PQ took an opportunity on supporting federalism however made a comeback as PQ chief in 1988, profitable the 1994 election with the purpose of attaining sovereignty.
He introduced his resignation the day after the 1995 referendum defeat, which he blamed on cash and ethnic votes in a referendum-night speech.
Parizeau remained a religious chief of the sovereigntist motion and a spoilsport for the Parti Québécois along with his sudden interventions earlier than his demise on June 1, 2015.
The imposing bronze work by Montreal sculptors Jules Lasalle and Annick Bourgeau faces Jacques-Parizeau Road in Quebec Metropolis and was created by a $120,000 fundraising marketing campaign.
