Jean-Yves Duclos Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jean-Yves Duclos
Office:Minister of Public Services and Procurement
Receiver General for Canada
Term Start:July 26, 2023
Primeminister:Justin Trudeau
Predecessor:Helena Jaczek
Office1:Minister of Health
Term Start1:October 26, 2021
Term End1:July 26, 2023
Primeminister1:Justin Trudeau
Predecessor1:Patty Hajdu
Successor1:Mark Holland
Office2:President of the Treasury Board
Term Start2:November 20, 2019
Term End2:October 26, 2021
Primeminister2:Justin Trudeau
Predecessor2:Joyce Murray
Successor2:Mona Fortier
Office3:Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
Primeminister3:Justin Trudeau
Term Start3:November 4, 2015
Term End3:November 20, 2019
Predecessor3:Pierre Poilievre
Successor3:Ahmed Hussen
Riding4:Québec
Parliament4:Canadian
Term Start4:October 19, 2015
Predecessor4:Annick Papillon
Birth Date:13 June 1965
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Profession:Economist, professor
Alma Mater:University of Alberta (BA)
London School of Economics (MA, PhD)
Party:Liberal
Residence:Quebec City

Jean-Yves Duclos (in French pronounced as /ʒɑ̃ iv dyklo/; born 1965) is a Canadian economist and politician who has served as Minister of Public Services and Procurement since July 26, 2023. He previously served as minister of Health from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Québec since 2015.

Early career and education

Duclos attended the University of Alberta, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics, followed by graduate and doctoral studies in economics at the London School of Economics. His doctoral thesis in 1992 was titled "Progressivity, equity and the take-up of state benefits, with application to the 1985 British tax and benefit system".[1] Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he headed the economics department at Université Laval and was the president-elect of the Canadian Economics Association. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014.[2]

Tenure in Parliament

He was elected to represent the riding of Québec in the House of Commons in the 2015 general election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[3] He was the first Liberal elected to represent this riding since Gilles Lamontagne, who left office in 1984.[4] He was appointed to the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, as Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.[5] He was re-elected in the 2019 general election and sworn in as President of the Treasury Board.

On October 26, 2021, Duclos succeeded Patty Hajdu due to appointed as Minister of Indigenous Services, and he was appointed Minister of Health. This made him a prominent figure in Canadian government response to COVID-19 pandemic, which he supported an end to most generalized public health restrictions, such as face mask mandates until the emergence of fourth COVID-19 wave due to the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant, a pre-dominant strain in the country that is combined of Delta and Omicron variants, started from July 2021 to the end of April 2022. He also expanded the COVID-19 vaccination program in Canada.

On July 26, 2023, Duclos resigned as a Health Minister due to his appointed Minister of Public Services and Procurement in Trudeau's cabinet reshuffle. He was succeeded by Mark Holland.

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Notes and References

  1. Duclos. Jean-Yves. 1992. Progressivity, equity and the take-up of state benefits, with application to the 1985 British tax and benefit system. PhD. London School of Economics and Political Science. 5 May 2021.
  2. http://jeanyvesduclos.liberal.ca/en/ Jean-Yves Duclos Biography
  3. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/sujet/elections-canada-2015/2015/10/20/011-liberaux-quebec-jean-yves-duclos-joel-lightbound.shtml Deux libéraux élus à Québec
  4. Stephen Gordon, Jean-Yves Duclos: An economist goes to Parliament, Maclean's, October 24, 2015.
  5. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-liberal-cabinet-montreal-joly-dion-garneau-duclos-lebouthillier-bibeau-1.3303520 Quebec MPs given prominent posts in new Liberal cabinet