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Claudia Ottaviano-Maheux

I joined the Canadian Party of Quebec in 2022 because I believe Quebec’s minority communities deserve stronger representation and a genuine federalist alternative. As the daughter of Italian immigrants, I experienced language-based exclusion firsthand. In the mid-1960s, despite speaking French and being raised Catholic, I was refused admission to French-language school. Years later, I chose French-language education for my own daughter, determined that she would have the freedom to belong to both of Quebec’s linguistic worlds. I spent more than 40 years in commercial lending, including senior roles with Accord Financial, the Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Boston Canada, specializing in asset-based financing for mid-market businesses. My career taught me to assess risk, challenge assumptions and distinguish facts from rhetoric. The passage of Bill 96 in 2022 convinced me that it was time to move from observer to participant. I have been a board member of CaPQ since May 2024. I also managed built four Anglophone Facebook groups with more than 10,000 members combined. I am committed to federalism, bilingualism and the equal dignity and rights of all Quebecers.