Later Life
After leaving provincial politics, he worked for l'Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie. He formerly served as regional president of the Association des communautés franco-ontariennes in Eastern Ontario. He resigned in early 2004 to join the organization as its president. During his term, he was mostly known for his refusal to accept funding from Canadian Heritage as a protest from insufficient funding. He resigned in November 2005 to found l'Assemblée de la Francophonie en Ontario.
He now appears as a panelist on the CPAC television program Revue Politique. He is a leading proponent of official bilingualism in Eastern Ontario municipalities.
He was made an Officer of the National Order of Merit by the French Government in May 2002.
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