(Montreal) Former Quebec government minister Louise Harel will chair the French language committee of the City of Montreal, the creation of which was recommended last June by the executive committee.
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Mme Harel, who was a member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 2008 and who was a candidate for mayor of Montreal in 2013, will lead a team whose mandate is to advise and support the City in the implementation of its Action plan for promoting the French language 2021-2024.
Eight other people will sit on this committee, including a former colleague of the president, Louise Beaudoin, who was also a minister and who was a member of the National Assembly from 1994 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2012.
The others are Jean-Philippe Alepins, member of the management of the Society for Technological Arts (SAT), journalist Anne Lagacé Dowson, author and host Stanley Péan, Stella Guy, who has held several management positions at the City of Montreal for 19 years, Aida Kamar who is the president and CEO of Vision Diversité, Lin Zi Shang, co-founder and director of operations of Gallea and a multidisciplinary artist, Elkahna Talbi.
The Mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, points out that the French language is a collective wealth and an essential element at the heart of Montreal’s identity.