After one mandate, the Minister of International Relations, Nadine Girault, left politics. Health problems are pushing her to give up her ministerial duties by the end of her mandate.
This was announced by the Coalition avenir Québec in two separate press releases on Tuesday afternoon.
“On the recommendation of her doctor”, Nadine Girault will temporarily pass the torch of International Relations to Minister Andrée Laforest. She will also not seek a second term in Bertrand’s riding in the general election this fall.
The minister had cast doubt on her future in recent months, without ever getting wet. She no longer held the Immigration portfolio entrusted to her by Prime Minister François Legault from 2020 to 2021. It was Minister Jean Boulet who took his place there full-time last November.
Nadine Girault’s term at the CAQ was strewn with health problems. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019. Last year, she had to deal with back pain that put her on the sidelines for several months. However, she retained the post of Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie which had been offered to her in 2018, at the start of the CAQ mandate.
Elected four years ago by more than 6,000 votes in her riding of the Laurentians, Ms. Girault had previously held several senior positions in major Canadian banks.
“Nadine is a passionate woman, ready to do anything for Quebec,” Premier François Legault said in a statement on Tuesday. The economic shift she piloted in Québec’s international delegations is a good example. »
So far, almost all of the CAQ deputies who announced that they would not run again in October are women. Among them, three ministers: Nadine Girault, the minister responsible for Seniors, Marguerite Blais, and that of Higher Education, Danielle McCann.