 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Lapierre akasarudzwa kuHouse of Commons muna 1978, achishanda kubva muna 1979 kusvika muna 1993, achimiririra Shefford, Quebec. Akagara senhengo yeLiberal kubva muna 1979 kusvika muna 1990. Lapierre akanga ari weQuebec federalist; pamwe chete naPierre Trudeau, akaramba 1980 Quebec referendumimwe nzira yokugadza hurumende yepurovhinzi yacho. Murusarudzo yokutanga pamusoro penzvimbo yeQuebec muCanada, chinzvimbo chakapfuuridzirwa chehurumende chakakunda neanodokusvika 60 muzana yemavhoti. Munguva iyi, hurumende yakazivisa zviri pamutemo chiFrench semutauro wepamutemo une chinzvimbo chakaenzana neChirungu muhurumende. Mabasa ehurumende yemubatanidzwa uye magwaro, zviratidzo, nezvimwewo zvinoda kubudiswa uye kuwanika mumitauro miviri. 