 He served as commissioner of the Appeals Committee on the Language of Instruction (1986).Mulcair was president of the "Office des professions du Québec" (1987 to 1993), where he introduced reforms to make disciplinary hearings more transparent, and successfully led a major effort to have cases of alleged sexual abuse of patients decisively dealt with.Mulcair was also a board member of the group "Conseil de la langue française", and at the time of his appointment to the 'Office des Professions' he had been serving as president of the English speaking Catholic Council.