Harsh realities hit home in QuebecElection a 'real wake-up call,' Jarislowsky says Sean Silcoff, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Laurent Verreault is chief executive of one of Quebec's most successful firms, Groupe Laperriere et Verreault. To compete, GL&V -- a global leader in technology that separates liquids and solids for mining, pulp-and-paper and water treatment facilities -- does some things a bit differently. Its corporate office is in Montreal, but the CEO works from his Florida condo. His three vice-presidents are in the U.K. and India; his son Richard, the president, is in the United States. GL&V...