Francis Chartrand for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

• He served as Quebec Liberal Party M.N.A. for Chomedey (1994-2007);


• He is an experienced administrator.


• He worked as a lawyer for the Ministère de la Justice du Québec, Director of Legal Affairs for Alliance Québec, reviser for the translation of Manitoba Statutes, Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and as President of the Office des professions du Québec; (1987-1993)


• He is a lawyer with degrees in Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Common Law (LL.B.) from McGill University and has been a member of the Barreau du Quebec since 1979;


• He lives in Montreal with his wife Catherine Pinhas. They have two sons.

Eric Dubois, Roberval--Lac-Saint-Jean

Tel: (418) 812-5464 ericdubois@ndp.ca

• http://www.ericdubois.ca

Bio:

• 30 years old, born in Alma
  


• Community organizer by profession
  


• Activist for peace and social justice


• Currently holds the position of community credit counsellor with the Fonds d’entraide communautaire helping create small business in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean through community investment and micro credit


• Active for 15 years in social justice, rights of the unemployed, global solidarity and resistance to neo-liberalism at the local, regional, national and international levels


• Organized thousands of citizens in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region against the Iraq war and is one of the founders of the Collectif Bleuets pour la paix


• Worked in the creation of the Migr’action strategy in the Regroupement Action-Jeunesse 02 which he chaired between 2002 and 2004


• Participant in Operation SalAMI! in 1998, contributed to the start of the alternate globalization movement.

Brigitte Sansoucy, Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot

Tel: (450) 250-1200 brigittesansoucy@ndp.ca

• http://www.brigittesansoucy.ca

Bio:

• Employed at the Auberge du Cœur Le Baluchon, a community organization providing housing for troubled youth
• Involved in the community with various groups and activities, such as La Nuit des sans-abris and the Centre local de développement Les MaskoutainsVolunteer and board member of many community, cooperative, educational and recreational organizations
• Recipient of the Personality of the Month Award in January 2002 from the Chambre de commerce et de l’industrie Les Maskoutains and the Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe
• Mother of four children
• Resident of the Maskoutain region for 25 years.