Jean-Pierre Blais

Jean-Pierre Blais (born c. 1960) is the current Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, effective June 18, 2012.

Early life

Blais was raised in the province of Québec, with French as his first language, but learned English at an early age when his family moved to Toronto. He later returned to Montreal and attended Loyola High School.^[1]

Career

Blais is a lifelong bureaucrat who has also worked for the Treasury Board Secretariat as Assistant Secretary of the Government Operations Sector, Assistant Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs as well as Assistant Deputy Minister of International and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Canadian Heritage and the CRTC as well as Executive Director of Broadcasting.^[2] He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Bachelor of Common Law, and then graduated with a Master of Laws with a focus in copyright, international trade, film and television policy from the University of Melbourne in Australia. He is a member of the Quebec Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Ladurantaye, Steve. (2 November 2013). "The enigmatic regulator who speaks truth to power", The Globe and Mail, p. B4.
2. ↑ "Jean-Pierre Blais new CRTC head". CBC.ca. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-09. 
3. ↑ http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=4853