Career
All four of Frulla"s grandparents were born in Italy and like many Italian Quebeckers, her family was strongly federalist and Quebec Liberal oriented. In college she says she was not politically involved as she voted "yes" in the 1980 referendum, believing it was only fair to give René Lévesque"s government a mandate to negotiate, but when the results were strongly "no", she reverted to federalism. She then later worked as a marketer for Labatt Breweries when she regularly met with government officials and eventually joined the Quebec Liberals under Robert Bourassa.
From 1974 to 1976, Frulla worked for the public affairs service of the organizing committee for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
She subsequently became the first woman reporter accredited to cover professional sport in the electronic media. From 1989 to 1998, she represented the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec.
She was Minister of Communications and Minister of Cultural Affairs. She was vice-chair of the "Number" committee in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
However, on November 1, 2007, while appearing on the RDI program Le Club des Ex, she admitted to having voted for the "Yes" side in the 1980 referendum.
In 1998, she left the National Assembly to host her own show, Liza, on public broadcaster Radio-Canada until 2002. She was elected to Parliament in a 2002 by-election in the now-defunct riding of Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles. After that riding was merged with portions of neighbouring ridings to form Jeanne-Le Ber, she was re-elected by a razor-thin margin over Thierry Street-Cyr in 2004.
She subsequently lost to him in 2006.
She was the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for the Status of Women in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin and previously served as Minister of Social Development.