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Former Canadian Cabinet minister and political commentator Jean Lapierre has been killed in a plane crash, along with his wife, two brothers and a
Former Canadian Cabinet minister and political commentator Jean Lapierre has been killed in a plane crash, along with his wife, two brothers and a sister.
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They were travelling to the funeral of Lapierre’s father.
Seven people died in all when the twin-engined, chartered plane crashed in bad weather on an island off Quebec’s east coast.
The family of Jean Lapierre are in my thoughts & prayers. Jean was a great Quebecer and a great Canadian.
— Stephen Harper (@stephenharper) March 29, 2016
“He was a bridge”:
BWilsonCTV</a> on Jean Lapierre's role as a political commentator. He was killed in a plane crash: <a href="https://t.co/WF1kZynMyg">https://t.co/WF1kZynMyg</a>:</p>— CTV Montreal (CTVMontreal) March 29, 2016