Jacques Duchesneau
 Jacques Duchesneau     (politician, deep state functionary?, whistleblower?) | |
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| Born | February 7, 1949 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal, École nationale d'administration publique (Quebec) |
Jacques Duchesneau is a Canadian politician, civil servant, former chief of police, and former president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. Duchesneau was the member of the Quebec National Assembly for the riding of Saint-Jérôme from 2012 to 2014, elected under the Coalition Avenir Québec banner.
Career
In 2002, Jacques Duchesneau was appointed[By whom?] as the first president and CEO of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, a then newly formed Canadian Crown Corporation, nominally in response to the events of 9-11. Duchesneau retired from CATSA in 2008 to become an adjunct professor in the faculty of social science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.[1]
Duchesneau entered the public eye again in early 2010, when the Quebec provincial government, shaken by corruption scandals, appointed him to lead an anti-collusion unit within the Transport Ministry, which would eventually be integrated within the larger Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC). In the fall of 2011, Duchesneau leaked to the media a devastating 88-page report documenting cases of corruption and describing an entangled web of links between construction companies, organized crime, Transport Quebec and political donations.[2] He was fired a month later. Testifying on June 14, 2012 in the inquiry of the Charbonneau commission, whose mission is to probe the corruption in Quebec’s construction industry, regarding his motive to leak the report, Duchesneau said he feared his findings would be shelved, arguing the then transport minister, Sam Hamad, showed ‘complete disinterest’ in the report.[3][4]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| 2006 Counter Terror World Summit | 5 December 2006 | 6 December 2006 | London Olympia | Bunch of "counter-terrorists" who met in London 2006 |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070730022515/http://www.criminologyandjustice.uoit.ca/EN/main2/35833/duchesneau_adjunct.html
- ↑ https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/link-between-organized-crime-and-construction-clear-report-1.697106
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-anti-corruption-squad-boss-i-leaked-findings-so-they-wouldnt-be-ignored/article4259898/
- ↑ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/14/jacques-duchesneau-quebec-corruption_n_1597044.html
