John Ciaccia, former Bourassa cabinet minister, dies at 85

John Ciaccia, a Quebec Liberal cabinet minister in the governments of Robert Bourassa and Daniel Johnson Jr., has died at the age of 85.
Ciaccia’s death on Tuesday at his home in Beaconsfield was first reported in the local Italian-language news website cittadino.ca, and his passing was acknowledged Wednesday morning by Premier Philippe Couillard, who described Ciaccia as having “contributed greatly to the advancement of Quebec.”
Born in 1933 in the Italian commune of Jels