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Charest Government: Quebec Liberal Party

Jean Charest Dept: I want to serve Quebecers again, he said, explaining why after resigning from the Charest government in 2008 he returned this fall to seek the leadership when Jean Charest stepped down following his Sept. 4 election defeat, according to Montreal Gazette. He praised Charest for his focus on Quebec families and his Plan Nord for economic development, calling the frequent-flying Charest the most international of all Quebec premiers and MONTREAL Philippe Couillard called for creating a new Quebec Liberal Party, focused on the knowledge economy, in his speech to delegates Sunday who will choose the party new leader. He told the delegates they have been chosen to write the first page in a new chapter in the history of the Quebec Liberal Party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.