Pierre Blais
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The Honourable Pierre Blais PC |
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| Chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee | |
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Assumed office May 1, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Deborah Grey |
| 2nd Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal | |
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In office September 22, 2009 – June 23, 2014 |
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| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Appointed by | Michaëlle Jean (as Governor General) |
| Preceded by | John D. Richard |
| Succeeded by | Karen Sharlow |
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| Born | December 30, 1948 Berthier-sur-Mer, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Laval University |
Pierre Blais, PC (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian jurist and former politician and Cabinet minister. He also served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal until his retirement in June, 2014.
On May 1, 2015, Blais was appointed as chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, replacing Interim Chair Deborah Grey who was stepping down from the Committee.
Blais holds both a BA (1968) and an LLB (1976) from Laval University.
Blais entered the Canadian House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bellechasse, Quebec through the 1984 election.
In 1987, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Blais to Cabinet as Minister of State for agriculture. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of Solicitor-General. In 1990, he became Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and, in 1993, was appointed by Mulroney to the position of Minister of Justice.
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