Videotron founder to receive lifetime achievement award

MONTREAL – The man who built Videotron into the third-largest cable company in Canada will receive the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award in October. Chagnon (after selling his company for over $5 billion) continues to make significant contributions in Québec by leading the organization he founded to help children in need. Just this week, he pledged $400 million to tackle child obesity in the province of Quebec. The award will be presented to Mr. Chagnon at a ceremony and banquet in Montréal on October 25. “Mr. Chagnon showed an unparalleled dedication to the business...