For 18 years Scowen was President and General Manager of the Canadian paper company, Perkins. He served on the Boards of a number of public companies.
From 1974 to 1978 he worked for the Canadian federal government in Ottawa as Executive Director of the Price Control Program (AIB) and the Task Force on Canadian Unity.
Scowen was actively involved in the issue of Quebec's place in Canada. He was Chairman of anglophonecivil rights group Alliance Quebec. He favored official bilingualism for the City of Montréal.
He was the author of two books on Canadian politics and was a regular columnist on business and economic matters for the Montreal Gazette.
In May 2011 Scowen was awarded the Honorary Degree - DCL Honoris causa - at Bishop's University for services to Quebec and the University
reed, scowen, philip, june, 1931, 2020, canadian, business, executive, author, politician, living, quebec, notre, dame, grâcein, office, 1978, 1987preceded, bybryce, mackaseysucceeded, byharold, thuringerpersonal, detailsborn, 1931, june, 1931sherbrooke, quebe. Philip Reed Scowen 1 June 13 1931 May 28 2020 was a Canadian business executive author and politician living in Quebec Reed ScowenMNA for Notre Dame de GraceIn office 1978 1987Preceded byBryce MackaseySucceeded byHarold ThuringerPersonal detailsBorn 1931 06 13 June 13 1931Sherbrooke QuebecDiedMay 28 2020 2020 05 28 aged 88 Toronto Ontario CanadaPolitical partyLiberalProfessionbusinessman Born in Sherbrooke Quebec Scowen graduated from Bishop s University in Quebec s Eastern Townships and later took a degree in administration from Harvard University In 1972 he attended the London School of EconomicsFor 18 years Scowen was President and General Manager of the Canadian paper company Perkins He served on the Boards of a number of public companies From 1974 to 1978 he worked for the Canadian federal government in Ottawa as Executive Director of the Price Control Program AIB and the Task Force on Canadian Unity Scowen was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1978 to 1987 representing the electoral district of Notre Dame de Grace as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party He later acted as an economic adviser to former Premier Robert Bourassa and as delegate general for Quebec in London New York and Washington Scowen was actively involved in the issue of Quebec s place in Canada He was Chairman of anglophone civil rights group Alliance Quebec He favored official bilingualism for the City of Montreal He was the author of two books on Canadian politics and was a regular columnist on business and economic matters for the Montreal Gazette In May 2011 Scowen was awarded the Honorary Degree DCL Honoris causa at Bishop s University for services to Quebec and the UniversityHis son Peter Scowen has worked for CanWest Global s National Post newspaper and the Globe amp Mail Reed died in Toronto in May 2020 at the age of 88 2 Publications editReflexions sur l avenir de la langue anglaise au Quebec 1979 A Different Vision the English in Quebec in the 1990s 1991 Le temps des adieux Plaidoyer pour un Canada sans le Quebec V l B 1999 Time to Say Goodbye Building a Better Canada Without Quebec second edition 2007 References edit Remembering the life of Philip SCOWEN Former Liberal MNA anglo rights defender Reed Scowen dies at 88 External links edit Biography Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Quebec de 1792 a nos jours in French National Assembly of Quebec nbsp This article about a Members of the National Assembly of Quebec from the Quebec Liberal Party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reed Scowen amp oldid 1135348024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
