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Ex-journalist St-Pierre named Quebec Communications Minister; Arcand left out of cabinet

QUEBEC CITY – Former Radio-Canada television journalist Christine Saint-Pierre, freshly elected Liberal MNA in last month’s Quebec election, joined the Cabinet today of Premier Jean Charest. She takes over responsibility for Culture and Communications, as well as the Status of Women, in the Cabinet of Charest’s minority government. She succeeds Line Beauchamp, who moves into the Environment portfolio. Saint-Pierre worked as a researcher and journalist with Radio-Canada for 30 years, including six years in Quebec City as National Assembly reporter covering some of the same politicians who will now be her colleagues. She moved to Ottawa as parliamentary reporter in...