X-Nico

unusual facts about government of Quebec


Fiorino Bianco

In 1991, Bianco supported the Quebec government's decision to lift a building freeze on Île Rochon within his division.


Claude Brochu

He asked for subsidies from the Canadian and Quebec governments of the time, but when this attempt failed, he resigned in 1998 and sold his shares to New York businessman Jeffrey Loria.

Émilie Thuillier

Thuillier ran in Ahuntsic again in the 2009 municipal election and was elected in a close three-way contest; one of her opponents was former provincial cabinet minister Diane Lemieux.

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

The MNI was founded in 1934 by the neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), with a $1.2 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation of New York and the support of the government of Quebec, the city of Montreal, and private donors such as Izaak Walton Killam.

Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau

Realizing that the bulk of the market for this aircraft was in North America, Stinnes set up a production facility in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada with financial help from the Government of Quebec.


see also

Ad Lib, Inc.

In 1992, a conglomerate from Germany, Binnenalster GmbH, purchased the assets of Ad Lib from the Government of Quebec, who had acquired it to prevent Creative Labs from buying it.

Frappier

Prix Armand-Frappier, an award by the Government of Quebec, part of the Prix du Québec