(Montreal) The funeral of the late Minister Nadine Girault will take place on Saturday, March 4.
At the request of the family of Mr.me Girault, the funeral of the latter will be private. Everything will take place at 2 p.m. at Les Espaces Memoria, in Laval.
Members of the public who would like to offer their condolences are asked to do so the day before the funeral, Friday, March 3, between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. A register of condolences is posted online and accessible to the general public on the Memoria website.
Recall that M.me Girault died on February 12, at the age of 63, from lung cancer. The disease had forced her to step away from politics for the first time in 2019, less than a year after her election as deputy for Bertrand, in the Laurentians.
Last July, the minister announced that she was not seeking a second term for health reasons.
“On February 12, our ex-colleague and friend Nadine Girault died of lung cancer. This news moved the entire National Assembly. Anyone who had the chance to know Nadine knows what an exceptional woman she was. She was a role model for many women, first in business and then in politics. I want to send my most sincere condolences to her husband, Alain, to her family and loved ones. We will never forget you, Nadine,” Premier François Legault said in a statement.
Graduate in administration and career manager, Mme Girault has worked in finance, notably at the Royal Bank, the Bank of Montreal and Desjardins. She also served on several boards of directors before making the leap into politics in 2018.
First Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, she then headed the Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration from 2020 following a cabinet reshuffle.
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