XPost: can.politics, qc.politique, qc.general   
   XPost: ont.politics   
   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/03/2014 4:30 PM, ConɀƦConɀ wrote:   
   > His lack of respect for ethics is an obvious match for the likes of the   
   > PQ.  But then it's also a match for the likes of the Harper government.   
   > This guy should be easy to knock off in his riding - just choose someone   
   > from another party that DOES have respect for ethics.   
   > Marois has some major introspection to do . . .   
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   > The Canadian Press - Published Monday, Mar. 10 2014   
   >   
   >   
   > Pierre Karl Peladeau won’t sell Quebecor shares Add to ...   
   >   
   > SAINT-BRUNO-DE-MONTARVILLE —   
   >   
   > Media baron Pierre Karl Peladeau says he will not sell his Quebecor   
   > shares even if he is told to do so by the province’s ethics commissioner.   
   >   
   > The Parti Québécois candidate said he will consult the commissioner if   
   > he is elected April 7 so they can discuss the risks of conflict of   
   > interest between his company’s operations and those of the government.   
   >   
   > In announcing his candidacy Sunday, Peladeau said he has resigned as   
   > vice-chairman of Quebecor and will place his investments in a blind trust.   
   >   
   > Premier Pauline Marois said at a news conference with Peladeau today   
   > that he will have to abide by the ethics commissioner’s demands. <<====   
   >   
   > But Peladeau is insisting he won’t sell his Quebecor shares even if   
   > Jacques Saint-Laurent tells him to. <<====   
   >   
   > Quebecor’s controlling shareholder says he wants to ensure that the   
   > company’s head office remains in Quebec.   
   >   
   > “I have no intention of selling my shares,’ he told the news conference.   
   >   
   > “The proxy who will receive the mandate to manage the trust will have   
   > clear and precise guidelines – and selling Quebecor is out of the   
   > question.”   
   >   
   > Peladeau has rejected suggestions his entry into politics could   
   > represent a conflict of interest, given his powerful presence in the   
   > province’s media landscape.   
   >   
   > Quebecor, founded by Peladeau’s father, has a number of holdings in   
   > Quebec, including tabloid newspaper Le Journal de Montreal, the   
   > French-language TVA television network and the Videotron cable company.   
   >   
   > It also owns the Sun tabloids and the Sun News Network in English Canada.   
   >   
   > Peladeau says Sun News and his other media holdings can “say whatever   
   > they want” about the PQ and the push for an independent Quebec.   
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   > It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts   
   > of government to their own selfish purposes.   
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   The unions aren't too happy with his candidacy either.   
      
   MONTREAL - Media baron and business magnate Pierre Karl Peladeau has   
   been tapped by the Parti Quebecois to run for the separatist party in   
   the upcoming provincial election.   
      
   Peladeau will run in the riding of Saint-Jerome, north of Montreal.   
      
   The announcement was made Sunday morning in Saint-Jerome, Que., where   
   Premier Pauline Marois introduced Peladeau, telling the crowd that her   
   star candidate has dedicated much of his efforts to preserving the   
   French language and French culture.   
      
   "This is a big day for me," Peladeau told the crowd. "I have the   
   ambition to succeed."   
      
   Peladeau is the former CEO of Quebecor, which owns QMI Agency, Sun Media   
   newspapers and the Sun News Network. He is the son of Quebecor founder   
   Pierre Peladeau.   
      
   "I am a sovereigntist," Peladeau said.   
      
   When the announcement was made, Peladeau stepped down as chairman of   
   Quebecor Media and its French-language television service, TVA.   
      
   Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who is vice chairman of the   
   Quebecor board of directors, told QMI Agency that "the company now has a   
   complete segregation between Mr. Peladeau and his political interests   
   and the shareholders of Quebecor. We are 100% devoted to the interests   
   of our shareholders and nothing else. He has moved on, we wish him well   
   in his life and here we are running Quebecor.   
      
   "I think the important thing in something like this is that we live in a   
   democracy," Mulroney said. "People are entitled to pursue whatever   
   political visions that they have, but once they make that decision they   
   have to sever totally their relationship with any public corporation.   
   Mr. Peladeau understood that, he submitted his resignation from all of   
   his involvement in Quebecor and we accepted his resignation."   
      
   Peladeau said he decided to enter politics to "help give his three   
   children a country that they can be proud of."   
      
   In May 2013 Peladeau was named the chairman of the board of directors at   
   Hydro-Quebec, Canada's largest producer of hydroelectricity. He has   
   stepped down from this position as well.   
      
   The FTQ, Quebec's largest labour union, released a statement calling   
   Peladeau "one of the worst employers Quebec has ever known." The union,   
   which represents more than 600,000 workers in the province, said   
   Peladeau is responsible for "a record 14 lockouts."   
      
   Peladeau will continue to own shares in Quebecor and has promised to   
   place his financial interests in the corporation in a blind trust or   
   under a blind management agreement if he is elected April 7.   
      
   Last month, Peladeau addressed rumours of a possible political run while   
   speaking to the Chamber of Commerce in Levis, Que.   
      
   "I will not be running in the election," Peladeau said, noting this is   
   the second time he's stated publicly that he's not planning a jump into   
   politics. "I don't want to talk about it ad infinitum, but I won't be   
   running."   
      
      
   http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/09/quebecors-pierre-karl-pelad   
   au-to-run-for-pq   
      
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