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Suzanne Blais-Grenier

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Following the demotion, Blais-Grenier became increasingly critical of the Mulroney government. At the end of 1985, she resigned from Cabinet to protest the government's refusal to prevent the closure of an oil refinery in
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following cuts to various programs, her lackluster performance over several months when being targeted by the
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and her spending on foreign travel. Blais-Grenier was demoted in 1985 to the position of
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From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.
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Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.
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On September 20, 1988, she was expelled from the Progressive Conservative
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wing of the party. She ran as an independent candidate in the November
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This article about a Quebec Member of Parliament is a
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Suzanne Blais-Grenier – Parliament of Canada biography
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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
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Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–79)
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The Honourable
PC
Minister of the Environment
Brian Mulroney
Charles Caccia
Thomas McMillan
Member of Parliament
Rosemont
Claude-André Lachance
Benoît Tremblay
Independent
Progressive Conservative Party
PC
Canadian
House of Commons of Canada
1984 federal election
Brian Mulroney
Rosemont
Quebec
Cabinet
Prime Minister
Minister of the Environment
environmentalists
Opposition
question period
Minister of State
Montreal
caucus
kickbacks
Quebec

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