MONTREAL — Former bureaucrat Michel Roy is the new chairperson of the board at Telefilm Canada, though both the cultural agency and its bosses in Ottawa seem fuzzy on the details.

Telefilm released the news of Roy’s appointment on Monday, but could provide little information about the last decade of his career other than that he has ‘focused on writing’ and produced two jazz albums.

‘That’s all the information Heritage is providing right now,’ a spokesman told Playback Daily.

Roy was named to the post on Friday by Josée Verner, the minister of Canadian heritage. No one at the department was available to comment on this story.

Roy takes over from Felix (Fil) Fraser, who has served as interim chair of Telefilm since February following the departure of Charles Bélanger.

‘Michel Roy’s experience in public administration and his interest in the arts, television, music, and writing will make him an invaluable asset to Telefilm and the Canadian industry,’ said Telefilm executive director of Wayne Clarkson in a release. ‘Our team welcomes him with great enthusiasm.’

What is known is that Roy began his career as a TV producer in the 1960s and created more than 60 programs for Radio-Canada. In 1989 he entered Quebec’s public service, where he held positions of deputy minister of tourism (1989 to 1991), deputy minister of communications (1991 to 1994) and delegate of the Quebec government in Chicago (1994 to 1996).

Roy is also the father of Montreal Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy — but is not to be confused with the Quebec journalist of the same name who served as an advisor to Brian Mulroney.