Mini-reorganization in Quebec. Minister Jean Boulet, who recently replaced Nadine Girault at Immigration, definitively inherits this strategic ministry.
Prime Minister François Legault confirmed the news when he met with the lieutenant governor on Wednesday. Minister Girault, who until now performed these functions, had temporarily had to leave her post for health reasons a few weeks ago.
“Mrs. Girault must […], on the recommendation of his doctor, lighten his duties for the remainder of the term, “the Prime Minister’s office wrote in a press release.
Jean Boulet will keep his post of Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity. It is the Deputy Prime Minister, Geneviève Guilbault, who will occupy the functions formerly entrusted to Ms. Girault in International Relations.
Further details will follow.
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