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Encyclopedia > André Ouellet

André Ouellet (born April 6, 1939) is the former President of Canada Post and had previously been a long time Liberal politician. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lettermail Incentive Lettermail Addressed Admail Unaddressed Admail Catalogue Mail Publications Mail Business Reply Mail Regular Parcel XpressPost Priority Courier External link Canada Post Website Categories: Canada Post | Canadian federal departments and agencies | Communications in Canada ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canadas largest political party. ...


First elected to in 1967, Ouellet served in a number of different positions in the cabinets of Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. Ouellet represented the safe Liberal seat of Papineau in Montreal for almost thirty years and even when the Liberals were crushed by the Tories in the election of 1984 he retained his seat by a substantial margin. In opposition Ouellet became the Liberal's leading figure in the constitutional negotiations that led to the Charlottetown Accord, and was a strong advocate for the constitution, which was rejected in the 1992 referendum. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ... Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse... Papineau is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ... This article needs cleanup. ... (Redirected from 1984 Canadian election) The 1984 Canadian federal election was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... The Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...


With the return to power of the Liberals after the 1993 Canadian election Ouellet became a senior minister being made Minister of Foreign Affairs by new PM Jean Chrétien. Despite his experience Oullet was not popular in Quebec, and the lasting legacy of the Charlottetown Accord hurt him. After the close result of the 1995 Quebec referendum Chrétien promised to bring new blood into the Quebec Liberal party. In 1996 Chrétien thus appointed Oullet to head Canada Post Corporation, his seat in the Canadian House of Commons was taken by Pierre Pettigrew in a by-election later that year. (Redirected from 1993 Canadian election) The 1993 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. ... In the Cabinet of Canada, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing the federal governments international relations department, Foreign Affairs Canada. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum in Quebec (see 1980 Quebec referendum) that put to public vote the role of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward independent statehood (sovereignty). The referendum was the culmination of years of rising support for autonomy (see Quiet... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... Pierre Stewart Pettigrew (born in Quebec City on April 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...


Oullet was a former Canadian Postmaster General and had done much to reform the Post Office leading to record profits by the agency. Recently controversy has surrounded Oullet as the post office is one of the organizations embroiled in the Sponsorship Scandal. As a result Ouellet was suspended from his position at Canada Post in February 2004 by new PM Paul Martin. He resigned as president of Canada Post on August 12, 2004, further revealing Oullet's role in awarding untendered contracts and his failure to provide invoices for hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenses. The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Canada Post. ... The sponsorship scandal is an ongoing scandal that has affected the government of Canada, and particularly the ruling Liberal Party of Canada for a number of years, but rose to especially great prominence in 2004. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, (born August 28, 1938 in Windsor, Ontario) is the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding Jean Chrétien on December 12, 2003. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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