| Claude Forget | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent | |
| In office 1973–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Léo Pearson |
| Succeeded by | Germain Leduc |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28, 1936 Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Monique Jérôme-Forget |
| Profession | economist |
| Cabinet | Minister of Social Affairs (1973-1976) |
Claude E. Forget, OC (born May 28, 1936) is a Canadian economist and former politician.
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Forget holds a master's degree in public finances from the London School of Economics as well as a bachelor's degree in economics. He was also admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1959. He was a teacher in economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal for three years. [1]
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Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
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In 1973, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec from the riding of Saint-Laurent. A Liberal, he was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976 in the cabinet of Robert Bourassa. He was re-elected in 1976 and 1981. He resigned on November 17, 1981. [1]
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs. The Queen in Right of Quebec, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and the National Assembly compose the Legislature of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other Westminster-style parliamentary systems.
Saint-Laurent is a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It comprises part of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough and part of the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal.
In 1984, he was appointed chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance. [1]
In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [2]
Has been quoted as saying, "Our political system itself reaches a position of equilibrium by generating such dysfunctional incentives." [3]
