Claude Forget
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Forget holds a master's degree in public finances from the London School of Economics as well as a bachelor's degree in economics. He was also admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1959. He was a teacher in economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal for three years.[1]
In 1973, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec from the riding of Saint-Laurent. A Liberal, he was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976 in the cabinet of Robert Bourassa. He was re-elected in 1976 and 1981. He resigned on November 17, 1981.[1]
In 1984, he was appointed chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance.[1]
In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[2]
Has been quoted as saying, "Our political system itself reaches a position of equilibrium by generating such dysfunctional incentives."[3]
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- ↑ The Future of Fiscal Federalism.1994. Ed. Keith Banting, Douglas Brown, and Thomas Courchene. p132
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