Sunday, August 21, 2011

Early Quebec Election? Don't Count on It.

You'd be smiling too!
Will he or won't he? That is the question.

Will Premier Charest call an early election or will he ride out his mandate for another two and a half years?

In the dog days of summer, when political stories are in short supply and journalists have an obligation to fill columns, it's time to engage in fanciful speculation.

The sudden collapse in support of the Parti Quebecois and the small uptick in Liberal Party support, coupled with the fact that Francois Legault's new party is not up to speed, might indicate that it's a good a time for Premier Charest  to take the plunge and call a snap election.

But it isn't going to happen.

If anything the May 2, federal election showed us is that it doesn't take much organization to win an election, especially when the voters are out for a change.
Like the NDP, Francois Legault could field a group of shnooks and still probably wipe the floor with the hapless Liberals and Peekists. There are a good number of sitting members (from all parties) of the National Assembly who are ready to jump ship to his new party and should he combine forces with the AQD, it would likely be a majority government.

Given the odds of defeat, Premier Charest will wait it out.
Not to say things will be better in two years, but why accept a sure defeat now?

Even if a miracle of miracles happens, the Liberals could hold on to power as a minority government, it still doesn't help Mr. Charest who is sure to go down to personal defeat in Sherbrooke.
The Premier has held his seat by less than a 10% margin in each of the two last elections and not even he can believe, given his collapse in personal popularity, that he will be re-elected.

The only possibility that I can think of is for Mr. Charest to run in Westmount, an Anglo riding where  he would win handily. Mr. Charest has lived in the wealthy Montreal enclave for a decade and has virtually no ties left to the Sherbrooke riding that he represents. There has been a stink in the Press lately about members of the National Assembly not living in the ridings that they represent and so he could make the case quite successfully that it's appropriate to run in Westmount.

If the polling numbers remain decent and the PQ. continues into its descent into oblivion, there is a chance things can work out for the Liberals, perhaps as a coalition government with the new Force Quebec.

But there's another issue mitigating in favour of Mr. Charest running out his mandate.

His pension.

In June 2013, Jean Charest turns 55 years old and becomes eligible for his federal government pension. It makes sense for him, on a personal level, to wait it out until then so that in the event of an election defeat, he isn't left scrambling to find an income.

Having served almost 14 years in Ottawa, Charest is entitled to about 70% of the average of his best six years in Parliament and having been a cabinet minister, that works out to about 100 grand a year.

But wait! 

Mr. Charest is also eligible for his Quebec Parliamentary pension and at age sixty he'll collect another 100k (on top of his federal pension) for life, courtesy of Quebec taxpayers.

As I was studying eligibility requirement and benefits related to the Quebec pension plan for politicians, I came across a detail that bowled me over for its generosity.

Early retirement. 

The Quebec parliamentary pension starts paying at age sixty (federal at 55,) but it seems by taking a reduced payout, Mr Charest can start his pension early, at the exact same time as his federal pension kicks in.
Now for readers to understand how attractive this offer is, let me explain how it works when ordinary Canadians take their Canada Pension early, at sixty instead of sixty-five.  
 
That pension is reduced by ½ of one percent for each month that we retire early before reaching sixty-five years old. That means that if you retire at age sixty instead of sixty-five, (60 months early) your pension will be reduced by a whopping 30% (60 x .05%) 
And so, if you are eligible for a $600 dollar a month pension at sixty-five, you can retire early at age sixty and immediately receive a pension of $420 a month. Read a full explanation

When a Quebec politician retires early, the penalty is nowhere near as harsh, in fact, it is so laughably small that any politician who is no longer serving would be a fool not to exercise the option.

While we ordinary plebeians take a penalty of 30% to retire at age sixty instead of sixty-five, a Quebec politician who takes an early pension at fifty-five instead of sixty is slapped with a crushing penalty of just 5%! 
Yes, that is not a typo! That is six times more generous than what is provided to ordinary Canadians.

In fact under the rules of the plan, a Quebec politician can take a pension at forty-five years old and take just a 25% penalty.  Incredible!
All this is explained in a document which you can download (French only) entitled;
Le Régime de retraite des membres  de l’Assemblée nationale 

In the case of the Premier, early retirement would mean his $100,000 pension would be reduced by a measly $5,000 to $95,000. If he started to collect at age 55 instead of sixty years old, over that five year period he would collect and extra $475,000. If he collects his reduced pension for thirty years, let's say to 85 years, he would have been penalized just $125,000 for taking an early pension, a net gain of $350,000. 
How do you say no-brainer in French?

Each year that Mr. Charest hangs on, adds $7,500 to his annul pension. If he holds out until the end of his mandate it will mean an additional $18,000 a year added to his pension. FOR LIFE+ INDEXED!
At a certain point one has to believe that the pension considerations will affect his decision to call an election.

At any rate, if he stays until the end of 2013, he will be entitled to a combined federal/provincial pension of about $200K.

Yes, $200,000 a year. 

When Charest hits sixty years old, the pension will become indexed. In other words, it will rise automatically with inflation each year, not too shabby a deal!

And so Mr. Charest will be free to pursue other interests at fifty-five years old, financially secure.

All this being said, I can assure readers that given the circumstances, Charest would forgo his pension to remain Premier. He adores the job.
He loves the trappings of power, the political rumbles in Parliament, the foreign travel, rubbing shoulders with the glitterati, the intrigues and the political gamesmanship of the National Assembly. All of it!
In this respect Mr. Charest is unique. 
How many Canadians Premiers resign or cut short their career at the summit of power, worn down by the daily grind in a pressure-cooker job?  Quite a few, including Gordon Campbell, Danny Williams, Ed Stelmach and Gary Doer and that's just recently.

But Mr. Charest soldiers on, more at home and comfortable with the job of Premier today, as ever before. 
At any rate, should Mr. Charest be shown the door, he's too young at 53 not to work. 

But outside of politics, there aren't a lot of opportunities for Mr. Charest. 
I know he abhors the diplomatic corps, where he'd have to take orders from political superiors
and having burned his bridges with Prime Minister Harper, there will be no opportunities for a juicy federal appointment.
As for joining a law firm, Mr. Charest has little experience, having never really practised law. Being a Wal-Mart greeter at a law firm, taking rich clients to lunch, isn't really his speed and teaching at a university is much too boring.
Perhaps his good friend Mr. Sarkozy can hook him up to some sort of an international type of position, but who knows.


No, Jean Charest  prefers to do what he does best and what he loves- being Premier and he will have to be dragged away from his job, kicking and screaming. 

Putting his Premiership up for grabs prematurely is not his style, not without some pretty good prospects for success and Mr. Charest has always been expert at judging odds.

39 comments:

  1. Oh...golly-gee, Editor, my liver bleeds cold borscht for Premier John James "Goldilocks" Charest. Then again, all that time in office for only $200k per year. Gilles Duceppe spent less time in Ottawa than Charest's two stints put together, and he's getting $141k just to start. That's a full 40% more than Charest will get for his Ottawa stint alone.

    That sonofabitch is set for life...fully indexed to the cost of living. My own bro was in the Quebec parapublic sector for 32 years, and at age 57 retired on full pension--fully indexed as well! Government jobs are a gold mine compared to the private sector, a license to print money!

    Premier John James "Goldilocks" Charest has another alternative should he lose the next time around---it's called the joy of not working! La dolce vita! I'm very confident French President Sarkozy will nicely set up John James "Goldilocks" Charest with some cinchy job in very nice digs, thank you very much.

    In short, I won't lose one wink of sleep, shed a fraction of a tear or feel one iota of sadness for John James "Goldilocks" Charest should he and the premiership be parted. He and just about every last politician living on the planet have been very generous with themselves when it comes to living off other people's taxes.

    As my companion's father would, and has said many, many times: "Being a politician is a license to print money." It has always been that way, it's that way now, and it will be that way for our great grandchildren's great grandchildren...and theirs, too!

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  2. Nice work if you can get it... and keep it long enough.

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  3. "in Westmount, an Anglo riding"

    Anglo riding? More than 60% of the population don't speak English as their mother tongue as can be seen here straight from the Chief Electoral Officer's site:
    http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/documents/pdf/dossier-socio-economique/2006/westmountsaintlouis.pdf
    page 11

    Granted, only a quarter is French-speaking but still.
    Let's say a riding was about 25% Anglo and people referred to it as a Francophone riding, you wouldn't like it, would you? Anglo riding makes it sound like it's totally English-speaking but it's not. Only 38% of the population have English as their mother tongue and not all Allophones are anglicized. 25% is still a higher percentage than that of Anglos in this province so it does make a difference.

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  4. @Éditeur

    Vous devriez prendre l'habitude de mentionner la soucre ou les crédit des images ou illustrations que vous utilisez.Il y a des lois au Québec sur les droits d'auteur qui ont pour but de protéger le principe de propriété intellectuelle.Cela démontrerait une marque de respect pour les créateurs ou auteurs des images "empruntées".

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  5. I will not make any comment today out of respect for Jack Layton. He passed away today at 61 years of age.

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  6. You must be the same person who complained about me on another blog (http://tinyurl.com/3vxzke7) as using a caricature of a bridge falling down without attribution.
    That blog removed the complaint when I wrote to explain that my caricature was original and created by myself.
    It seems that you are a bit harsh in judging this small non-commercial blog.
    I wonder if you would be so kind as to send a similar complaint to Mr. Réjean Labrie who publishes quite often on vigile.net.
    On Saturday he printed a piece (http://www.vigile.net/Le-Canada-implante-de-futurs) which contains two charts that I created for this blog, without attribution.
    I think that you are a bit excited considering the non-commercial nature of parts of the blogsephere.
    You can see the original work here.
    http://tinyurl.com/3bwxbqa

    By the way, I consider Mr. Labrie's use of the charts as "fair use." I'm sure he'd cop a heart attack if he had to attribute to this blog.

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  7. Unrelated to the article, but:

    Can someone explain how we can lose someone as great as Jack Layton, and yet Jacques Parizeau is still well and alive??

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  8. "...which contains two charts that I created for this blog, without attribution."

    Vous pouvez porter plainte et je ne connais ce M.Labrie.Je vous écrit a titre d'auteur.Vous avourez que votre "oeuvre' ressemble étrangement a quelque chose vu récemment dans les médias.

    Un blogue,quelque soit sa popularité ou son but demeure un lieu public,donc assujetti a la loi sur les droits d'auteur.

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  9. "Can someone explain how we can lose someone as great as Jack Layton, and yet Jacques Parizeau is still well and alive??"

    Difficile de descendre aussi bas mais je vous répondrez ceci.Consommez un peu plus de vin et diminuez les donuts.

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  10. "Difficile de descendre aussi bas mais je vous répondrez ceci."

    Aussi bas que Jacques Parizeau avec son racisme et son intolérance?
    Oui, je suis d'accord avec vous.

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  11. To Anon @9:64AM
    First you falsely complained that I used your work without attribution, knowing full-well that the cartoon on this blog was not created by you.
    Now you are claiming that I was 'inspired' by your work. Again false.
    I never saw your stupid cartoon. It isn't exactly an earth-shattering idea to parody a safety sign with falling rocks.

    Accusing someone falsely of plagiarism is a serious ethical breech, so;
    GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE!

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  12. Je crois que vous avez mal saisi.Je ne suis pas l'auteur des illustrations dont il est question.
    J'ai remarqué que vous utilisiez des photos et illustrations provenant de toutes sources sans jamais les mentionner.

    Un peu de respect pour les auteurs et les autres publications officielles s.v.p!

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  13. Jauques Parizeau was more honest then Jack Layton. I trust Jauques Parizeau more then I do Jack Layton. Jack Layton would have screwed over Quebec anglos more then Jauques Parizeau.

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  14. "Jauques Parizeau was more honest then Jack Layton. I trust Jauques Parizeau more then I do Jack Layton. Jack Layton would have screwed over Quebec anglos more then Jauques Parizeau. "

    Wow, just wow.
    Jacques Parizeau is an ignorant, alcoholic racist. The only respect he has for anyone who's not french Canadian is when they have something he wants, like when he decided to get medical care at an english hospital.
    There would be no english people (or any other cultures & languages) in quebec if he had his way.
    Hopefully he'll follow other racists like Pierre Falardeau soon.

    Also, it's "Jacques", not Jauques. You should learn to spell the names of your racist idols; I don't think Hitler would have appreciated being called Hotler.

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  15. "Also, it's "Jacques", not Jauques."

    Oups!saurry.Pas rapide le monsieur.

    "Hopefully he'll follow other racists like Pierre Falardeau soon."

    Quelle intervention intelligente.
    Qui sait,ce sera peut-être vous le prochain.
    Ne souhaitez de malheur a personne car cela pourrait bien vous retomber sur la gueule un de ces jours.

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  16. To the anonymous contributors comparing Parasite, Layton and the Great Mulki who will inevitably be taking over the NDP leadership:

    I consider both Layton and Parasite to be skanky politicians, and nothing better. Where Layton wiped Parasite's ass out was he was much, much more polished, but he had a live-in tutor named "Daddy".

    Parasite is WORSE than a simple ignoramus, if that's possible. Parasite came from a pretty good pedigree. His father founded an insurance and financial counselling company, and his grandfather was a renowned surgeon. That this yutz won scholarships to go to The London School of Economics and other institutions of higher learning make his reaction to his referendum loss that much more than simply ignorant.

    Although Parasite is not known to have killed another human being, heaven knows how he would have acted if he was a younger man when he lost. He drank the bitterest water the world had to offer when he lost his referendum. He was embittered through and through from that night on, because he knew his political career and credibility were dead in that body of bitter water.

    Believe me, I feel zero sympathy for that pathetic heap of trash, because like Editor wrote above, he's getting his generous, lucrative MNA's pension and will continue to do so until his dying day. On October 31, 1995, Parasite became a has-been, and still is.

    I concede Layton was the better man of the two, infinitely more hands-on than Parasite, but I'm now convinced Layton knew when he forced the election in late March that he was dead and had nothing to lose by running a suck-and-blow campaign where he threw Canada under the bus for Quebec votes and not disclose his Quebec agenda outside Quebec. Too many voters, as usual, did not do their homework when they went to the polls.

    I doubt there will be enough evidence to prove my hypothesis right, but it's the hypothesis I stand behind, and I'm very confident I'm not alone in believing it. What is saddest of all is the living will suffer the consequences of the fallout, namely the cast of nobodies who won their constituencies because believe me, they're going to fall apart like a way overboilded chicken in the pot. Layton will not be around to witness all that, but the Great Mulki* will!

    *FYI, the Great Mulki was a professional wrestler in the Quebec area in the 1970s, a perennial punching bag for the star wrestlers to beat each and every time. This is my affable nickname for none other than Thomas Mulcair, if you didn't figure that out already.

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  17. A professional wrestler, no kidding..

    Well, they are renowned for their acting skills with the staged wrestling events. I guess he is qualified to be a politician from Quebec :):)

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  18. Wow Mr Sauga
    I hope you live in Missasuga or somwhere at leat 5 hours from the Quebec border

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  19. Anonymous at 12:30PM,

    Have you got no decency?

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  20. > Il y a des lois au Québec sur les droits d'auteur [...]

    Nombre des lois sur les droits d'auteur sont effectivement de compétence fédérale ;-)

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  21. Merci Apparatchik de préciser.

    Je suis sensible a la question car a deux reprises mon travail a été emprunté sans mon consentement et sans aucune autorisation,dont une fois a des fins commerciales.Avec l'arrivée du web,les pertes de contrôle et les dérapages sont incalculables.

    Les artistes et les artisans ne sont pas les plus riches de notre société.Pas nécessaire de nous voler en plus.

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  22. "I hope you live in Missasuga or somwhere at leat 5 hours from the Quebec border..."

    A 5 heures de la frontière mais a 1 minute du Tim Horton,peu importe la direction XD!

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  23. ...to Anon @ 5:03PM: I'd say I'm closer to six hours from the Quebec border. I have to drive through practically all Mississauga AND Toronto to drive to Montreal...and I still make occasional appearances in Montreal. I just might see you there!!!

    ...to Anon @ 8:02PM: Interestingly, I have THREE Tim Horton's within a two-minute drive from home, depending on the traffic! Haven't bought a thing from any of them in at least the last six months.

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  24. Some of you are disgusting ! A man just died ... show some respect.

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  25. @Phil

    People die every single day. Many of them are more productive citizens. Good riddance.

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  26. @ Editor:

    I wouldn't be too concerned about the copywrite complaints from Anonymous. He is actually 'Press 9' and he has been doing his best to derail your blog for months.

    If I recall correctly, he has stated that he is a member of 'vigile.net'. It is highly unlikely that he has demanded that contributors to Vigile identify all of their sources.

    In the past, he has also requested that you identify yourself. Who knows for what purpose? Nothing you do will ever satisfy him, with the exception of discontinuing this blog.

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  27. Haïti chérie dit: À l'anonyme: Août 22, 2011 1:26 PM ''Jacques Parizeau is an ignorant, alcoholic racist. The only respect he has for anyone who's not french Canadian is when they have something he wants, like when he decided to get medical care at an english hospital.'' Ignorant je ne crois pas vu son parcours académique et professionnel... Lisez autre chose que le Suburban et le National Inquirer... Raciste non plus, maladroit et irréfléchi en 1995 dans ses propos, assurément. Alcoolique, cela nous regarde-t-il ? Trudeau a bien déjà frappé sa femme Margaret (oeil au beurre noir à l'appui)...After they split up, he insisted on custody of the children and cut her off with scarcely a dime. He even gave her a black eye or two. (Eventually they came to an amicable joint-custody arrangement and learned to get along quite well.) See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/pierre-trudeau-and-his-many-women/article1342599/

    Et finalement, il n'existe pas d'hôpitaux ''anglais'' comme vous dites car ceux que vous semblez désigner sont payés par l'ensemble de la population du Québec et donc par tous les francophones également. Ceux-ci existent afin de desservir tous les Québécois anglos ou francos.

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  28. @ Haiti cherie:

    "Et finalement, il n'existe pas d'hôpitaux ''anglais'' comme vous dites car ceux que vous semblez désigner sont payés par l'ensemble de la population du Québec et donc par tous les francophones également. Ceux-ci existent afin de desservir tous les Québécois anglos ou francos."

    You're quite incorrect. The English hospitals in Quebec were built with ADDITIONAL contributions of money from the Anglophone community. When Parasite required urgent medical care, he went to the Jewish General Hospital, which was built by the Jewish community and is maintained with their ongoing financial support.

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  29. "Trudeau a bien déjà frappé sa femme Margaret (oeil au beurre noir à l'appui)...After they split up, he insisted on custody of the children and cut her off with scarcely a dime."

    Margaret Trudeau suffered from a severe manic depressive illness and this may explain why Pierre Trudeau wanted sole custody of the children.

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  30. Haïti chérie dit: ''August 23, 2011 11:06 AM''ou're quite incorrect. The English hospitals in Quebec were built with ADDITIONAL contributions of money from the Anglophone community.'' Ça suffit les délires mensongers, je veux des preuves tangibles et des sources claires et vérifiables sur ce point... De plus, l'Hôpital juif n'est ni une institution anglophone ni francophone mais bien créée par la communauté juive de Montréal qui comprend un nombre important de locuteurs francophones surtout chez les séfarades... Dans un autre ordre d'idée, la pathologie de Margaret Trudeau n'est aucunement une excuse pour un acte violent perpétré par le Premier ministre du Canada... On appelle cela des arguments faibles et une mémoire élastique... Mais bon, je comprend mieux mes confrères indépendantistes d'en avoir marre de l'hypocrisie canadienne anglaise, les mêmes qui écrasent les minorités dans les provinces à majorité anglophones !

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  31. @Haiti:

    Des gens comme le raciste Jacques Parizeau ont passé leur vie entière à essayer de débarrasser la province de tout ce qui n'est pas "Québécois de Souche", selon leurs critères.
    Lorsqu'il a perdu le référendum, il nous a clairement dit que c'était la faute de ceux qui ont de l'argent, et ceux qui ne sont pas "québécois de souche" (le vote dit "ethnique").

    Tu ne trouves pas que c'est TRÈS contradictoire d'aller se faire traiter à un hôpital juif? Après tout, ce sont des gens qui ne sont pas des québécois de souche selon lui (même si ça fait des générations qu'ils sont au Québec), et c'est des gens avec de l'argent.

    On aurait même pas dû lui laisser rentrer dans la bâtisse, mais ces gens ne pratiquent pas la même discrimination que les séparatistes.

    Vous dites que sont alcoolisme ne nous concerne pas... Donc ce n'était pas une figure publique, qui influençait l'opinion des gens?
    Vous le comparez aux autres politiciens, mais je ne vois pas le lien. J'ai dit qu'il est raciste, intolérant et xénophobe, je ne l'ai pas comparé à Trudeau...

    Pour son parcours académique, Hitler aussi était bien instruit. On utilise pas ce fait pour le défendre cependant.
    Pour ce qui est de son parcours professionnel, je dois admettre qu'il a fait de bonnes choses pour le Québec, alors qu'il était plus jeune (et surement moins radical).
    Mais il a passé la fin de sa carrière à essayer de détruire le Canada et à distribuer une propagande raciste au peuple québécois, il n'y a rien à admirer là...

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  32. Mais il a fait des bonnes choses ou il a passé sa vie entière à faire des choses que vous réprimandez ? Ce n'est pas clair votre argument !

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  33. "Pour son parcours académique, Hitler aussi était bien instruit."

    Dificile de trouver plus idiot.Savez-vous qui était Hitler stupide moron?Manque d'éducation ou d'inspiration?Nommez-moi une seule fois ou M.Parizeau a fait griller un Juif?

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  34. @ Haiti sh*tty,

    "Ça suffit les délires mensongers, je veux des preuves tangibles et des sources claires et vérifiables sur ce point..."

    Why don't you provide some statistics to back up your (ignorant) claims?

    Why do we always hear about the construction of the new English and French super hospitals in Montreal? Explain that!

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  35. @ Haiti sh*tty,

    "Dans un autre ordre d'idée, la pathologie de Margaret Trudeau n'est aucunement une excuse pour un acte violent perpétré par le Premier ministre du Canada..."

    You have a talent for twisting things around. I said the following:

    "Margaret Trudeau suffered from a severe manic depressive illness and this may explain why Pierre Trudeau wanted sole custody of the children."

    I never said that Pierre Trudeau hit his wife because she had a pathology, but rather that he may have wanted custody of their children because she was mentally ill.

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  36. Haïti chérie dit: À l'anonyme August 23, 2011 8:24 PM, voici les liens http://www.budget.finances.gouv.qc.ca/Budget/2011-2012/fr/documents/PlanBudgetaire.pdf
    Lisez le budget, vous comprendrez d'ou provient l'argent qui finance le système de santé... Lisez également cet article concernant les finances d'un Québec souverain, il date mais est bien ficelé...http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/81056/un-quebec-souverain-degagerait-un-surplus-de-cinq-milliards
    Bonne journée !
    Citation à remettre en lien avec le mouvement indépendantiste du Québec :)

    Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803)

    «En me renversant, on n'a abattu à Saint-Domingue que le tronc de l'arbre de la liberté, mais il repoussera car ses racines sont profondes et nombreuses»

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  37. «En me renversant, on n'a abattu à Saint-Domingue que le tronc de l'arbre de la liberté, mais il repoussera car ses racines sont profondes et nombreuses»

    Wow!Quelle jolie phrase.Bravo

    Sauf que les anglos-canayens n'ont réussi qu'a nous couper quelques branches et elles leur sont tombées sur la tête. XD!

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  38. @ Haiti cherie,

    Generally, any hospitals which fall under the umbrella of the Mcgill University Health Centre are considered to be "English hospitals." This includes the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Children's Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Hospital, the Lachine Hospital, and the Montreal Chest Institute. They receive funding from the taxes of both Anglophones and Francophones and offer bilingual services, but they still are considered English hospitals.

    Similarly, the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa is considered to be a French Hospital, despite receiving funding from both Anglos and Francos, and offering bilingual services. It is affiliated with the University of Ottawa.

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