American pick for SNC CEO doesn’t sit well with Parti Québécois
Quebecs corporate titans continue to provide fodder for campaigning politicians on the provincial election trail.
On Monday, Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois, who is pushing to toughen Quebecs notorious French language laws, seized on news that Montreal-based engineering and construction giant SNC Lavalin Inc. had hired an anglophone American, Robert Card, to become its next CEO.
I am asking SNC-Lavalin that it make sure that he follow courses in French so that he could at least become bilingual, Ms. Marois said during a campaign stop in Terrebonne, north of Montreal.
SNC isnt just any company, but a fallen pillar of Quebec Inc. that has been reeling from a string of corruption scandals. Before that, it was long held as one of the provinces shining lights on the global stage, long led by francophone Quebeckers, including recently ousted CEO Pierre Duhaime and before that the highly regarded Jacques Lamarre.
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