Jacques Parizeau

Jacques Parizeau: During an interview for a four-hour Radio-Canada biography airing Friday, Mulroney said he had hoped to recruit Parizeau, who at the time was not involved in politics and had returned to teaching. , according to Huffington Post. "I think this is the first time I ve said it, but it's true. I offered Jacques Parizeau a Senate seat not as a conservative, but as an Independent senator," said Mulroney. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says that while in office he offered a Senate seat to Jacques Parizeau, who later became the leader of the Parti Qu b cois and premier of Quebec. Parizeau rejected Mulroney's offer, and would go on to become leader of the PQ and premier of Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.