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Quebec’s IT director quits over possible conflict of interest

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MONTREAL — Quebec’s director of information technology has resigned after being in his post for just over a month.

Jean-Guy Lemieux submitted his resignation to the president of the Treasury Board on Wednesday. He took on the job on Sept. 17.

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Martin Coiteux, the minister responsible for government administration and the president of the Treasury Board, confirmed Lemieux’s resignation and said he left due to a potential conflict of interest.

Lemieux’s brother, Claude Lemieux, is the vice-president of CGI, one of Quebec’s main technology providers with contracts worth more than $10 million per year.

— With files from La Presse Canadienne

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