MONTREAL – Quebecor’s outspoken executive vice-president of corporate affairs, Luc Lavoie, is leaving the company, it was announced this week.
"My eight years with Quebecor have been very exciting and rewarding," said Lavoie in the company release.
"The trust that… (CEO) Pierre Karl Peladeau, placed in me gave me the opportunity to play a role in building one of Canada’s largest media and communications companies. In the new environment created by the digital revolution, Quebecor is now fully equipped to face the competition from global giants and to offer all its audiences tools and products that are comparable to the best in the world. It has been a privilege to be part of the growth of this cutting-edge company and I thank Pierre Karl and his entire management team."
Lavoie was the public point man for Quebecor on a number of files, from the Canadian Television Fund to the BDU hearing to the advanced wireless spectrum auction. The release did not say why he was leaving nor where he is headed.
"Luc has made an enormous contribution to the Quebecor Media success story of recent years and to creating a major communications group that enables Quebec society to keep control over its cultural industries," said Peladeau, in the release. "I am pleased to announce that Luc will continue co-operating with Quebecor on an ad hoc basis, both as an advisor and, true to his first calling as a journalist, as a commentator on current affairs."
Lavoie will help the organization in settling in a successor.
"I will certainly think back on my years at Quebecor with nostalgia but I felt that the time had come to move on," added Lavoie.
