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PARADIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF ANDRÉ CAILLOUX
November 15, 2002 (5:05 p.m. EST) No. 149
PARADIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF ANDRÉ CAILLOUX
Denis Paradis, Secretary of State for Latin America, Africa and La Francophonie, issued the following condolence message
upon learning of the death of André Cailloux, a great ambassador for the French language and a prominent resident of
Magog, in the riding of Brome-Missisquoi.
"I was greatly saddened to learn that performer, author and host André Cailloux had passed away. I had the privilege of
meeting Mr. Cailloux several times. He was an extraordinary man, one of the architects of French-language television for
children. Generations of young people grew up with the amiable Grand-Père Cailloux. Mr. Cailloux was a man of the stage,
but also a man of the arts, who witnessed the birth of our children's literature and worked in the field for more than 30
years. He was, in my eyes, a wonderful ambassador for the French language. In 1999, he was made a Knight of the Ordre de
la Pléiade, a prestigious international distinction, by the International Association of French-speaking parliamentarians.
"I would like to extend my most sincere condolences to the family and numerous friends of André Cailloux."
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Isabelle Mignault
Office of the Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) (Francophonie)
(613) 995-1852
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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