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Josée Verner, PC, MP (born December 30, 1959 in Gatineau, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. She represents the electoral district of Louis-Saint-Laurent in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and serves as a minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On February 6, 2006, Verner was sworn in as the Minister of International Co-operation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie and Official Languages in Prime Minister Harper’s cabinet. She was moved from International Cooperation to Heritage on August 14, 2007, trading jobs with Bev Oda, while Maxime Bernier became the Minister responsible for La Francophonie.[1] Following Bernier's resignation from his cabinet post on May 26, 2008, Verner was once again appointed to the post of Minister responsible for La Francophonie.[2]
[edit] Political careerA member of the provincial Action démocratique du Québec and the federal Conservative Party of Canada, Verner also once worked as a political staffer in Quebec City in the Robert Bourassa government. Verner has spent almost 20 years in the communications and public service fields. She was a candidate for the Conservatives in the 2004 federal election and finished second with 31% of the vote, the party's best Quebec showing, in a three-way race that was won by the Bloc Québécois's Bernard Cleary. This was contrasted with her victory in a two-way race in 2006. Looking to boost the party's profile in Quebec, and hoping to make Verner a viable candidate in future elections, Conservative leader Stephen Harper took the unusual step of naming Verner to the opposition shadow cabinet even though she was not a Member of Parliament. She served as critic for the Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and the Minister responsible for La Francophonie, both posts then held by fellow Quebecker Jacques Saada. She was also appointed chair of the Quebec Conservative caucus which at the time was made up of herself and Conservative senators. [edit] Canadian Copyright Law ReformsIndustry Minister Jim Prentice and Josée Verner are currently working on a Copyright Act amendment bill which is set to be introduced (at least in part) on June 12, 2008. It has been stated by Prentice during a confrontation with the public demanding details on the bill that "When Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner and I have reached a consensus and we're satisfied, we will introduce a bill." So far, little details have been publicly released on the proposed bill, but preliminary copies have been leaked onto the internet, and have prompted major fears from Michael Geist, Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, as well as the public at large, that the core desire of the draft legislation is "to satisfy U.S. pressure by enacting something very close to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act". [3] [edit] In cabinetRunning again in the 2006 election, she was elected with 57.68% of the vote in Louis-Saint-Laurent, defeating Bernard Cleary, and heading a wave of Conservative victories that swept the Quebec City area. On February 6, 2006, she was sworn into Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet as Minister of International Co-operation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages. Her parliamentary secretary is Ted Menzies, who received some criticism for having La Francophonie as his portfolio while he does not speak French. It was subsequently specified that he was appointed parliamentary secretary to Josée Verner for his experience as opposition critic for International Co-operation rather than for La Francophonie. [edit] References
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