activist For many years, Blaikie lobbied against Quebec's Charter of the French Language. He was the lead defendant in Procureur général de la province de Québec c. Peter M. Blaikie et autres, the 1979 constitutional challenge of the charter's Chapter III. From 1987 until 1989, Blaikie served as chairman of the board of administration of Alliance Quebec. He also briefly served as acting president of the organization, during the transition between the presidencies of Royal Orr and Robert Keaton. Other activities A longtime friend and advisor to Aaron Fish, chairman and chief executive officer of Unican Security Systems Ltd., Blaikie was made a Unican director in 1983 and served as the public company's president and chief operating officer from late 1993 until 1998, when he returned to his law practice. Peter Blaikie is also a business columnist for the Montreal Gazette and Les Affaires, and has been a television commentator with CKMI-TV, the Montreal station of the Global Television Network. He is married to a psychiatrist, Dr. Maja Romer, with whom he has three daughters and one son. Honour In 1997, Blaikie was inducted into the Académie des Grands Shawiniganais, which consists of a Hall of Fame of Shawinigan residents, past and present. Other inductees include former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, historian Jacques Lacoursière and professional ice hockey goaltender Jacques Plante. Footnotes External links Judgments rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada on the language of statutes and other instruments of a legislative nature Conservatism—Myth and Reality, Empire Club Address by National President of the Progressive Conservative Association of Canada, December 10, 1981 1937 births Living people Canadian Rhodes Scholars Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Lawyers in Quebec People from Shawinigan Anglophone Quebec people Chief operating officers McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Canadian people of Scottish descent