Rose Marie Louise Simard, QC (born April 17, 1947)[1][2] is a lawyer, executive, and former politician in Saskatchewan, Canada.
[1][3] Rose Marie Louise Simard was born on 17 April 1947 in Val-d'Or, Quebec, and grew up in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
[3] From 1978 to 1986, Simard practiced law in Regina, during which time she served as an agent of the Attorney General of Saskatchewan.
[2] This was a very challenging time for the Government of Saskatchewan following the difficult financial years, near default, and scandals faced by the Grant Devine government,[17] establishment and changes to The Established Programs Financing Act (EPF) under the Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney governments that reduced federal healthcare funding transfers to the provinces,[18] and Bill C-69 (1990) and Bill C-20 (1991) (Federal Restraint Law) that froze EPF for five years to the end of the 1994–1995 fiscal year and thereafter capped EPF increases to gross national product minus 3 per cent.
[20] Simard oversaw numerous other ministerial portfolios while in office, including the Treasury Board, SaskTel, Wascana Centre Authority, Health Services and Utilization Commission, Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation, Health Research Board, Women's Advisory Council, Centre of the Arts, Public Service Commission, and the Mental Health Advisory Council.
[citation needed] In fall of 2018, Simard took the position of Chief Operating Officer at the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (MN-S) where she focused on Nation-building.