Andre Boisclair: Premier Pauline Marois

Andre Boisclair Dept: QUEBEC - 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, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But what angered some politicians on Tuesday was confirmation that Boisclair has also been named assistant deputy minister in the International Relations Department and pQ Leader Andre Boisclair makes a point in a speech during to a rally of members of various cultural communities Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Montreal. Premier Pauline Marois is defending her government's decision to give former Parti Quebecois leader Boisclair two lucrative jobs.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.