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He's never made beer in his basement and still doesn't know if he's more of the blonde, amber, full-bodied or fruity type. However, the former mayor of Ville Mont-Royal, Philippe Roy, is now a new enthusiast of the brewing world.
PHOTO COURTESY PHILIPPE ROY Forty-eight hours later…
Philippe Roy officially handed over the keys to Town Hall on November 12, 2021, when the new Mayor of the Town of Mount Royal, Peter Malouf, was sworn in on that day. As of November 15, Mr. Roy took up his new duties, namely that of general manager of the Association des brasseurs du Québec (ABQ) and, at the same time, that of vice-president of the Quebec section of Bière Canada. “I had 48 hours [of break]! “, he exclaims.
By not running for mayor last November, Mr. Roy has thus drawn a line under 16 years of municipal politics, including 12 years at the helm of Ville Mont-Royal. Since September 2018, the lawyer has also worked in parallel to his mandate as mayor, as vice-president within the PEAK Financial Group. How did it land in the brewing world? “I was approached by a headhunter,” he replies. “I was charmed from the start. It is a really exciting industry! We are talking about annual economic spinoffs in Quebec of more than a billion dollars. » “At the same time, it is a pleasure industry, an agricultural industry, a growth industry. And these are big companies that come from here, like Molson, and which are intimately linked to the history of Quebec. So it's very positive as a job. »
At the helm of the ABQ, “my role is essentially to be the spokesperson for the brewers with the Quebec government,” he says. “For everything concerning regulatory changes and changes in the law with Quebec, it is I who am in the forefront and who defend the interests of the brewers. It is a representational role, so a lot of lobbying. » The project to modernize the public deposit system, announced by Quebec in January 2020, is in particular a file on which it is working.
Life after politics
As he resumed a slightly less hectic life after politics, did Philippe Roy have a bad patch? “In fact, after 12 years at the town hall, I thought that I was going to find it hard not to be arrested or involved anymore but, to my surprise, I completely dropped out 100%”, he lets know. . "Because I still have the city at heart, and I'm still in love with Town of Mount-Royal, I told myself that I was going to listen to the council meetings with the new members [in place], then, each times, I forget! “, he drops, laughing. “So that shows that I really got off the hook. I moved on, I turned the page and I look elsewhere. So yes, there is life after politics! “, admits the 53-year-old Townie.
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