Andre Boisclair: Boisclair

Pauline Marois Dept: Boisclair, whose two-year tenure as PQ leader ended in 2007 shortly after he led the party to one of its worst electoral performances, was appointed Quebec's delegate-general to New York in early November, according to CBC. That appointment, endorsed in a Nov. 28 cabinet decree, allows Boisclair to remain in the civil service on a permanent basis and premier Pauline Marois has defended the decision to give two lucrative jobs to former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair, calling him a talented and competent man. But what angered some politicians on Tuesday was confirmation that Boisclair has also been named assistant deputy minister in the International Relations Department. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.