Premier Pauline Marois: Patrice Rochemont

Claude Blanchet Dept: MONTREAL - The sale of Premier Pauline Marois's estate in le-Bizard to a European businessman is floating in limbo and could remain so for years to come, according to Montreal Gazette. Quebec prohibits the sale of farmland to foreigners unless they have landed immigrant status, also known as permanent residency status and Editor's note: This story was originally published in December 2012. Marois and her husband, Claude Blanchet, accepted an offer of about $6 million from European businessman Patrice Rochemont last year, but the sale of the 12,000-square-foot mansion, called La Closerie, has been blocked because the property includes farmland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.