MONTREAL — André Chagnon, a Quebec businessman who started telecommunications large Vidéotron and later on set up a single of the premier loved ones foundations in the nation, has died.
In a assertion, his family claimed Chagnon handed away early Saturday at the age of 94, surrounded by cherished types.
The Montreal-born Chagnon, an electrician by trade, was the founder of Vidéotron in 1964, the Quebec cable television firm that would develop into one of the largest telecommunications organizations in Canada.
Vidéotron was afterwards acquired by Quebecor Media Inc. in 2000, with Chagnon and his widow, Lucie, in transform location up the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation with a goal of protecting against poverty.
Quebec Premier François Legault paid tribute to Chagnon as a amazing and visionary guy and an individual he had consulted lots of periods in the course of his political profession.
Legault reported on Twitter that in founding Vidéotron, Chagnon formed modern day Quebec and highlighted his remarkable endeavours to avoid poverty via the family foundation.
This report by The Canadian Push was 1st posted Oct. 8, 2022.
The Canadian Press
