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Pierre Reid (born August 16, 1948) is a politician and educator in the Canadian province of Quebec. He has served in the National Assembly of Quebec since 2003, representing Orford as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Reid is a former cabinet minister in Jean Charest's government. He is not to be confused with a senior public servant in Quebec named Pierre Reid. ==Early life and academic career== Reid was born in Jonquière, Quebec. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Université Laval (1970) and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Université de Paris XI (1974). After working as a computer consultant for IBM Canada, Reid became a professor of administrative data processing at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in 1976. Two years later, he joined the business administration department at the Université de Sherbrooke. He became a vice-rector of the university in 1989, and four years later he defeated Marie Malavoy to become university rector.〔Elizabeth Thompson, "A minister weaned on politics", ''Montreal Gazette'', 12 November 1994, B1.〕 Reid supported the Université de Sherbrooke's links to Gaz Métropolitain, which provided a $105,000 scholarship for research in the natural gas sector.〔"Gaz Metropolitain, Inc. Contributes To The Fondation De L'Universite De Sherbrooke" (release ), ''Canada NewsWire'', 24 October 1997, 12:15.〕 He speculated about privatizing some academic programs in 1996, to find new revenue sources in light of government cutbacks.〔"Grad school privatized: McGill wants self-supporting post-grad programs", ''Canadian Press'', 12 April 1996, B6.〕 In 2001, he welcomed a $4.7 million investment from the government of Canada to fund health researchers on campus.〔"Sherbrooke's research capacity receives $4.7 million shot in the arm", ''Canada NewsWire'', 13:58.〕 Reid was appointed as an associate deputy minister at Industry Canada in 2001.〔Kathryn May, "Ottawa creates new top-level bureaucrats," 20 August 2001, A04.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre Reid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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