State Funerals: Jean Charest

Marc Fournier Dept: Claude B chard, left, chats with provincial Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier at a ceremony Aug. 11 in Quebec City, two years after being diagnosed with cancer. Cl ment Allard/Canadian Press B chard, 41, died only a few hours after announcing his health had worsened and he was resigning as minister of agriculture and intergovernmental affairs and as the legislature member for Kamouraska-T miscouata, according to CBC. In Quebec, national funerals are offered for personalities who have marked Quebec politics or its cultural and social life. State funerals are offered for current or former premiers and, on occasion, for former ministers and a national funeral will be held Saturday for Quebec cabinet minister Claude B chard, who died after a public battle with cancer, Premier Jean Charest announced Wednesday. The flag at the national assembly in Quebec City was lowered to half-mast after the news. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cath drale Sainte-Anne in Saint-Anne-de-la-Pocati re, in B chard's riding. As reported in the news.
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