Claude Forget Explained

Claude Forget
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Léo Pearson
Successor:Germain Leduc
Term Start:1973
Term End:1981
Birth Date:May 28, 1936
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Spouse:Monique Jérôme-Forget
Party:Liberal
Cabinet:Minister of Social Affairs (1973-1976)
Profession:economist
Nationality:Canadian

Claude E. Forget, (born May 28, 1936) is a Canadian economist and former politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Forget holds a master's degree in public finances from the London School of Economics as well as a bachelor's degree in economics. He was also admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1959. He was a teacher in economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal for three years.

In 1973, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec from the riding of Saint-Laurent. A Liberal, he was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976 in the cabinet of Robert Bourassa. He was re-elected in 1976 and 1981. He resigned on November 17, 1981.

In 1984, he was appointed chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Unemployment Insurance.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Has been quoted as saying, "Our political system itself reaches a position of equilibrium by generating such dysfunctional incentives."[1]

Notes and References

  1. The Future of Fiscal Federalism.1994. Ed. Keith Banting, Douglas Brown, and Thomas Courchene. p132