Then Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa gestures as he discusses with then Quebec Health and social services Minister Therese Lavoie-Roux during a Quebec Liberal Party general consul on this Feb. 18, 1989 photo in Quebec City. Senator Lavoie-Roux resigned Monday March 12, 2001 _ her 73rd birthday _ after 11 years as a Conservative member of the upper chamber. (CP PHOTO/Jacques Boissinot)