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Question Period: Madeleine Meilleur

question period: Meilleur served 13 years as an Ottawa MPP and held different cabinet roles under former premier Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, including attorney general and minister responsible for francophone affairs, according to Huffington Post Canada. Trudeau said in his statement that Meilleur was an outstanding choice and said she will be a tenacious advocate for francophone and anglophone minority communities. Trudeau announced in a media release Monday that he has chosen Madeleine Meilleur for the watchdog role. Madeleine Meilleur is seen at the Ontario legislature in Toronto on June 11, 2013. The news was made official shortly after a question period in which Tory MPs urged Liberals to find someone else for the role. Photo Colin Perkel/The Canadian Press She will bring a deep understanding and enormous dedication to this position, and will hold our government to account for the full implementation of the Official Languages Act, Trudeau said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.