In 1989, the federal budget mandated fiscal cuts to a broad range of departments and agencies, one of which was Bouchard's ministry at Transport Canada. As part of his department's efforts to cut its budget, Bouchard authorized Transport Canada to slash the subsidy to the national intercity passenger railway, Via Rail by 55%. Responding to the cuts, Bouchard said in a television interview several weeks later: "Ten years from now, no one will remember Benoît Bouchard cut Via Rail".[1]
He retired from politics in June 1993 to accept an appointment as Canada's Ambassador to France.
In 2012, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[2] Since 2013, Benoit Bouchard is Canadian commissioner at the International Joint Commission Canada United States on Boundary Waters.
Referencesedit
^Bouchard, Benoît; Pamela Wallin (February 1990). "Interview by Pamela Wallin with Minister of Transport Benoit Bouchard". Question Period. CTV News.
^"Appointments to the Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada. 20 September 2017.
Benoît Bouchard – Parliament of Canada biography
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Claude Talbot Charland
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France 1993–1996
benoît, bouchard, french, pronunciation, bənwa, buʃaʁ, born, april, 1940, canadian, public, official, former, politician, honourablepc, cmcanadian, commissioner, international, joint, commission, canada, united, states, boundary, watersincumbentassumed, office. Benoit Bouchard PC CM French pronunciation benwa buʃaʁ born April 16 1940 is a Canadian public official and former politician The HonourableBenoit BouchardPC CMCanadian commissioner at the International Joint Commission Canada United States on Boundary WatersIncumbentAssumed office 2013Chair of the Transportation Safety Board of CanadaIn office 1996 2001Member of Parliamentfor RobervalIn office September 4 1984 June 17 1993Preceded bySuzanne Beauchamp NiquetSucceeded byMichel GauthierPersonal detailsBorn 1940 04 16 April 16 1940 age 84 Roberval Quebec CanadaPolitical partyLiberalOccupationteacher public official politicianBiography editAfter a career as a professor and teacher Bouchard was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Roberval in the 1984 election He was immediately elevated to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney s Cabinet as Minister of State for Transport In 1985 he was promoted to Secretary of State for Canada He subsequently served as Minister of Employment and Immigration June 30 1986 March 30 1988 Minister of Transport March 31 1988 February 22 1990 Minister of Industry Science and Technology February 23 1990 April 20 1991 and Minister of National Health and Welfare April 21 1991 June 1993 In 1989 the federal budget mandated fiscal cuts to a broad range of departments and agencies one of which was Bouchard s ministry at Transport Canada As part of his department s efforts to cut its budget Bouchard authorized Transport Canada to slash the subsidy to the national intercity passenger railway Via Rail by 55 Responding to the cuts Bouchard said in a television interview several weeks later Ten years from now no one will remember Benoit Bouchard cut Via Rail 1 He retired from politics in June 1993 to accept an appointment as Canada s Ambassador to France In 1996 Bouchard returned to Canada and was appointed Chair of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada by Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien He oversaw the Canadian portion of the investigation of the Swissair Flight 111 air crash He retired from the board in 2001 In 2012 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada 2 Since 2013 Benoit Bouchard is Canadian commissioner at the International Joint Commission Canada United States on Boundary Waters References edit Bouchard Benoit Pamela Wallin February 1990 Interview by Pamela Wallin with Minister of Transport Benoit Bouchard Question Period CTV News Appointments to the Order of Canada Governor General of Canada 20 September 2017 Benoit Bouchard Parliament of Canada biography Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Diplomatic posts Preceded byClaude Talbot Charland Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France1993 1996 Succeeded byJacques Silva Roy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benoit Bouchard amp oldid 1206727800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
