Jacques Daoust, former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister, dies at 69

Jacques Daoust, the Verdun native and former Liberal cabinet minister who found himself at the centre of a string of political controversies in office, died Thursday, a little over a week after suffering a stroke.
He was 69 years old.
A business and banking executive executive for most of his adult life, Daoust entered politics in 2014 after heading Investment Quebec, the province’s business development agency, for the previous seven years.
Daoust was elected in the riding of Verdun under