Pierre Laporte

Michael Douris

I was born and raised in Greenfield Park, where I attended Centennial Regional HS. I studied at Dawson College and John Abbott, graduating in Police Technology. I hold a BA in Sociology with a minor in Quebec History from Concordia University, and a BA in Legal Studies and certificate in Criminology from Carleton University. I also have a diploma in Police Leadership from Dalhousie University, and a diploma in French in the Workplace from McGill University. In 1992 I served in the Canadian Grenadier Guards infantry reserve regiment, where I performed ceremonial guard duties for Canada’s 125th anniversary. I am recently retired after 30 years of service to Canada. I worked through the 1990s for Correctional Service Canada at Cowansville Institution and Centre de Formation Federal Institution, during the period known as “the biker wars”. I was employed as a correctional officer and institutional case manager. I was also part of the group who founded UCCO/SACC (Union of Canadian Corrections Officers) as well as the first President for my institution (CFF). Shortly after 9/11, I joined the Canadian Armed Forces as an Officer in the Military Polce service. I served as Commander, Montreal Region MP Detachment, and as well deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan as Operations Officer for the Canadian task force MP company. I was employed in pre-deployment training and oversight of subsequent task forces and am a recipient of the Commander Canadian Army Commendation for my role ensuring detainee handling procedures were conducted in accordance with Canadian values and International Laws of Armed conflict. I have also been employed as National Grievance Adviser and National Harassment Adviser. Throughout my professional and private life, I have been a stalwart defender of linguistic minority rights (French throughout Canada and English within Quebec) and a staunch defender of minority Charter rights. I was born into a world where Montreal was the jewel in the crown of Canada, and an internationally renowned economic and cultural powerhouse. A world in which my province was the prime innovator and leader of the greatest country in the world. I am a candidate for the Canada Party of Quebec because I believe it is the only party whose platforms and priorities seek to return Quebec to its rightful place and stop the perpetual descent into ever more extreme attacks on individual rights in the name of ethnonationalist doctrine. We are not fair-weather federalists; we believe Canadian Exceptionalism and respect for Rule of Law are key to Quebec’s prosperous future.