{{short description|Canadian lawyer and political advisor}} '''Eric Maldoff''' is a Canadian lawyer and political advisor. He was a close advisor to former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien, and a negotiator on behalf of the Government of Canada from 1995 to 2007, particularly regarding first nations land claims.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130115180527/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20070523/tories_land_claims_070523/ CTV News (May 23, 2007)]</ref>
He obtained his common law and civil law degrees from McGill University, and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1976. He is a partner at the Montreal law firm of Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon. He has also sat on the board of governors of McGill University since 2006.<ref>[https://www.mcgill.ca/boardofgovernors/membership/ McGill University (2010)]</ref> He is president of the Old Brewery Mission.<ref>[http://www.oldbrewerymission.ca/obm_board.htm Old Brewery Mission website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620214752/http://www.oldbrewerymission.ca/obm_board.htm# |date=2010-06-20 }}.</ref>
In 1982, he was a founder and became the first president of Alliance Quebec, the pro-anglophone Quebec lobby group.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2cI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NKUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=eric-maldoff&pg=4365%2C2026691 Montreal Gazette (Nov. 6, 1982) Page A1]</ref>
In 2024, he made media statements as chair of the Coalition for Quality Health and Social Services.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/new-language-directive-for-quebec-hospitals-denounced-as-dangerous Montreal Gazette, 26 July 2024</ref>
==Honours== * 2001 - Order of Canada <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=4722&t=12&ln=Maldoff|title = Recipients|date = 11 June 2018}}</ref> * 2002 - Golden Jubilee Medal <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=41437&t=6&ln=Maldoff|title = Recipients|date = 11 June 2018}}</ref> * 2013 - Diamond Jubilee Medal <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=103841&t=13&ln=Maldoff|title=Recipients|date=11 June 2018}}</ref> * 2013 - Lawyer Emeritus<ref>{{Cite web| title=Eric Maldoff - Portrait of a Corporate Lawyer... Emeritus ! | url=http://lemondejuridique.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TML_vol1_no2live.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212458/http://lemondejuridique.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TML_vol1_no2live.pdf | archive-date=2014-03-12}}</ref>
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