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Normandeau resigns her post

Quebec Deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau resigns as Quebec Premier Jean Charest looks on, on September 6, 2011 in Quebec City.
Quebec Deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau resigns as Quebec Premier Jean Charest looks on, on September 6, 2011 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

QUEBEC CITY – Premier Jean Charest and Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec’s deputy premier and natural resources minister, announced she is leaving her job at a joint news conference Tuesday afternoon.

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Rumours have been swirling that Normandeau was on the verge of quitting and that Charest was trying to convince her to stay on after a radio and television commentator reported that Normandeau had submitted her resignation.

Charest was in China recently, promoting his Plan Nord, which is Normandeau’s responsibility. The premier was accompanied by two of his ministers, but not Normandeau.

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