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	Jean Charest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John James Charest (sha-ræ), PC, LL.B, MNA known as Jean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec.
		Born in the Eastern Townships central city of Sherbrooke, Quebec to Claude Red Charest and Rita Leonard (an Irish Quebecer), he obtained a law degree from the University of Sherbrooke and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1981.
		From 1984 to 1986, Charest served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Charest (889 words)

	Charest, Jean J.
		Charest remained a Mulroney favourite and in 1990 the PM appointed him chair of a special committee to study a companion resolution to the MEECH LAKE ACCORD.
		The Charest report, with its proposed modifications to the Meech Lake deal, was the pretext for the departure of Lucien BOUCHARD from the Mulroney Cabinet.
		Charest ran for the leadership of the federal CONSERVATIVES in 1993, and finished a strong second to Kim CAMPBELL at the June convention in Ottawa.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0011432 (556 words)

	Charest's First Year as Premier
		JEAN CHAREST won power in Quebec City just a year ago on April 14, a hotshot young leader heralding a new era of neo-conservative change.
		Charest is learning, the hard way, the secret of survival in Quebec politics as exemplified by René Lévesque and Robert Bourassa before him: Quebec voters are one stubborn flock, and the only way to succeed is to lead them exactly where they want to go.
		While Charest is rapidly shifting left, union leaders such as Henri Massé of the Fédération des Travailleurs du Québec are putting on a suit and a tie, repeating in interviews and speeches that unions too are concerned with the budget, the deficit, the fiscal rating of the province.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=M1ARTM0012595 (940 words)

	Charest, Jean. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		From 1986 to 1993 Charest served in cabinet positions—as minister of state for youth (1986–90) and fitness and amateur sport (1988–90), minister of the environment (1991–93), and deputy prime minister (1993).
		In the debate that preceded the Oct., 1995, referendum on Quebec independence from Canada, Charest proved himself a highly persuasive advocate of Canadian federalism and an important counterinfluence to Lucien Bouchard’s impassioned separatist stance.
		Charest led the his party to a modest recovery in the 1997 national elections, but in 1998 he resigned as Progressive Conservative leader to assume leadership of the Quebec Liberal party.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/CharestJ.html (217 words)

	CBC - Quebec Votes 2003
		Before Jean Charest received a package from Bernard Landry outlining the origin of the four-day work week plan, he said the fact the PQ took so long to produce the study is proof there is no study at all.
		Jean Charest is accusing Bernard Landry of improvising the idea of a four-day work week at the beginning of the campaign.
		Charest says that if the PQ has indeed studied the notion of a four-day work week, that these studies should be made public, public funds having paid for them.
	www.cbc.ca /quebecvotes2003/campaigntrail/ontheroad.html (2298 words)

	Archive \| March 1998 \| Reform's biggest salesman
		Charest, in what could be an attempt to polarize his party from Preston Manning's Reform Party, has made some quite startling moves that if capitalized on could possibly lead to great opportunities for Reform.
		Charest has announced he is "moving the party to the centre" of the political spectrum.
		Jean Charest and his supporters have seemingly forgotten their real target should be the federal Liberals.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0398reform.htm (575 words)

	Archive \| April 1997 \| Is Jean Charest the Future?
		Charest’s vision of government is not one that sees it simply as a vehicle to safeguard people’s rights by using its monopoly of force in very limited ways, but rather one that is little different from the Liberal Party.
		Charest’s election platform is permeated with references to safeguarding what are traditionally Liberal sacred cows, such as health care and education.
		Be that as it may, it is a positive step for Charest to call for the merging of government ministries and operations, one that is long overdue.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0497charest.htm (2890 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Charest, Jean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From 1986 to 1993 Charest served in cabinet positions—as minister of state for youth (1986-90) and fitness and amateur sport (1988-90), minister of the environment (1991-93), and deputy prime minister (1993).
		In the debate that preceded the Oct., 1995, referendum on Quebec independence from Canada, Charest proved himself a highly persuasive advocate of Canadian federalism and an important counterinfluence to Lucien Bouchard 's impassioned separatist stance.
		Jean Charest's ideological soft soap that verges on the demagogic.(Quebec Communique)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CharestJ1.asp (311 words)

	Liberals' triumph
		Charest, who is of bilingual parentage, with an English mother and French father, was elected to Parliament at the age of 26 on the Progressive Conservative Party ticket and became the youngest Minister in Canadian history, in Brian Mulroney's Cabinet, at the age of 28.
		Charest, 44, was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on June 24, 1958.
		Charest's performance at the debate helped him round off nearly five years of hard work and brought him back from the wilderness of the Opposition benches.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl2009/stories/20030509000906200.htm (1925 words)

	English Leader's Debate
		JEAN CHAREST: Someone who earns $30,000 a year under our plan, after the first mandate, four years, will receive $2,000 in their pocket that they will be allowed to spend, but Mr.
		JEAN CHRÉTIEN: At the last federal-provincial meeting with the premiers, we collectively agreed that child poverty was a problem, and it was proposed by provincial governments and federal government and everybody agreed that it was a priority.
		JEAN CHAREST: On this issue of recognizing the equality of the provinces, on April 16, 1981, the Government of Quebec, in a formal document with other provinces, was ready to recognize equality of the provinces, but, frankly, the problem I have with you, Mr.
	www.stenotran.com /tsb/db1e.htm (18930 words)

	www.cbc.ca - The National
		Charest, quite manfully looked at the wreckage, but felt he should stay, take on the leadership, keep Elsie company, and try to rebuild the party.
		Charest was once again the toast of a very substantial portion of the country.
		Therefore, when the Liberal leadership in Quebec reopened, especially in the wake of so close a referendum vote, there was a massive draft to have Jean Charest, a Tory federal leader, quit his party and the federal arena, return to Quebec, and take on the great and almost always fatal task of leading its liberals.
	www.cbc.ca /national/rex/rex_030416.html (550 words)

	VIGILE.NET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Charest's problems were compounded by a public opinion poll showing that almost 70 per cent of voters disapproved of the way he is governing the province.
		Charest, after all, who mused shortly before becoming leader of the Quebec Liberals in 1998 that the Parti Québécois government's hard-won, four-year plan to eliminate the deficit could be extended a year to accommodate higher social spending.
		Charest's government lower in the polls (if that were possible) is about as clear as a foggy morning in Gaspé.
	www.vigile.net /05-2/PLQ.html (3495 words)

	Fraser Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jean J. Charest holds a Law degree from the University of Sherbrooke and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1981.
		In June 1993, Jean Charest finished second at the PC Leadership Convention and shortly after was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Industry and Science.
		On December 14, 1993, Jean Charest was appointed Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and on April 29, 1995, delegates to the 1995 National Meeting of the Progressive Conservative Party confirmed his leadership.
	www.fraserinstitute.ca /shared/author.asp?id=183 (250 words)

	TheStar.com - Charest sweeps PQ from power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Charest, 44, told Quebecers that his government would be worthy of the honour it had received.
		PQ Leader Bernard Landry congratulated Charest for his victory, saying he had led his troops to a victory they had earned by their hard work, and ADQ leader Mario Dumont for having stimulated a debate of ideas.
		But Charest had spent much of the last five years criss-crossing Quebec, determined not to repeat the mistakes of 1998, when he tripped over his unfamiliarity with the nitty-gritty details of Quebec's political culture.
	www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035780918996&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154 (1183 words)

	Jean Charest Menu
		The Charest government is ordering the construction of a new round of hydro dams and wind farms with the hope of dramatically increasing energy exports.
		Jean Charest's Liberal government was on the defensive Saturday after his party's youth wing demanded it tackle the province's $117-billion debt in the name of future generations.
		Jean Charest, Westmount resident and Quebec premier, will vote against demerging because he believes in the success of the new city of Montreal.
	www.wednesday-night.com /JeanCharest.htm (1215 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Quebec Premier Jean Charest column
		In modern times premiers like Maurice Duplessis, Jean Lesage, Daniel Johnson Sr., and even Robert Bourassa, were devoted, with reason, to creating a modern Quebec society, one ready and able to protect the fundamentals of its identity, notably the French language and culture.
		Charest tried his best to move the country forward through federal politics, as a Mulroney minister with a key Meech Lake role, and as leader of the Tories.
		If Charest delivers on his convictions, he could be the first Quebec premier in living memory to actually be as popular in the rest of the country as he is in his home province.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/premierjean_charest.shtml (731 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quebec Election 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jean Charest will take over running the province of Quebec in two weeks, when Bernard Landry hands over the reins of power.
		At his news conference yesterday, Jean Charest spoke of Quebec's leadership role in the Canadian federation, going back to Jean Lesage and the formula for opting out of the Canada Pension Plan that enabled the creation of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
		Liberal leader Jean Charest has jumped out to a commanding lead in the waning days of the election campaign and will likely be Quebec's next premier, says a weekend poll.
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/election_qc/elections_quebec_debat.html (1124 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Quebec Premier Jean Charest gave heartfelt thanks, at the recent 86th annual FEDERATION CJA general meeting, to the Jewish community in general and outgoing president Steven Cummings in particular, for their friendship and support.
		Charest said he got to know the Jewish community better during the 1995 referendum and was impressed with how hard members of the community fought for the “no” side.
		In the aftermath of that razor-thin victory, Charest said he was invited to speak in synagogues, where he recalls “the discouragement, and also an outpouring of affection and a desire that I play a role.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=1675 (882 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Wither Jean Charest column
		The other is that the Charest regime's out-of-the-blocks drive to streamline Quebec's bloated bureaucracy and apply sound business principles to government has alienated and alarmed many special interest groups, notably the phalanx of unions.
		Unions have promised to make April cruel for Charest, with a huge protest on the anniversary of his election, another on May 1, and a campaign for a general strike afoot.
		Charest still has time and a reputation for political smarts on his side.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/wither_charest.shtml (652 words)

	USATODAY.com - Quebec Separatist Party loses elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Charest kept the sovereignty issue prominent, however, saying Landry and his party wanted to hold another referendum on breaking away from Canada.
		Charest, 44, almost came to power in the previous election in 1998, when he and the Liberals attracted the most votes but failed to muster a legislative majority.
		Charest refused to let Landry's separatist leanings stay hidden, but was careful to acknowledge the legitimacy of the sovereignty movement.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-04-15-canada-vote_x.htm (851 words)

	Jean Charest: One year in power is one year too many (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The protest was part of a province-wide day of action marking the one-year anniversary of the elections that brought Jean Charest and the Liberal Party to government in Quebec.
		The Charest government has created a lot of enemies and yesterday Montreal saw a 10,000-strong union demonstration, as well as protests organized by a number of housing and anti-poverty groups and the North-Eastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists.
		We salute the organizing of unions and community groups against the Charest government on April 14th, but we also have to fight for and with those who will be the most affected by Charest’s attacks: the poor, the unemployed and the homeless.
	logement.clac.taktic.org /apr142004.html (1064 words)

	Jean Charest at Wednesday-Night
		Charest said in his first speech to the national assembly in Quebec City that his government will reduce the size of the provincial government, which costs almost 40 per cent more than the one in the neighbouring province of Ontario.
		Jean Charest became the 29th premier of Quebec Tuesday after he and his cabinet were sworn in during an official ceremony.
		Now Jean Charest, in what is very likely to be remembered as one of the most appalling errors of timing in recent history, has suddenly dumped an entire spice rack of indigestible condiments into his own brew.
	www.wednesday-night.com /J-Charest.htm (4811 words)

	Quebec Election Results
		Yesteday, Jean Charest was sworn in as the new premier of Québec, ending nine years of Péquist governance.
		Jean Charest’s PLQ (Parti Libéral du Québec) won a majority government in the April 14 general provincial election, taking 76 seats in the 125 seat Quebec National Assembly (called so even if its really a Provincial assembly) and 46% of the popular vote.
		Charest’s conservative roots showed as he opted for smaller governments and slimed the cabinet by a third.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/100125 (277 words)

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