Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute, this week joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on a new episode of The Corner Booth at Snowdon Deli to share stories about this pivotal moment in Quebec political history, including on Jacques Parizeau’s “money and ethnic votes” comment.
Jedwab also shared a story he had kept largely to himself from his time as executive director of the Quebec region of the Canadian Jewish Congress involving what he said was a threat to cut funding to the Jewish General Hospital.
“ I couldn’t go public with it (at the time) because it was a confidential meeting. Today, the actors are mostly no longer with us. There are a couple who were at the meeting who are still alive, and I validated this with them to make sure my memory of this exchange was correct. It was despicable. Shameful.”[The Gazette]