Micheline
Anne Hélène Montreuil
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Micheline Anne Montreuil
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Co-Chair - NDP LGBT Committee Federal Council representative Associated President of the NDP-Quebec Co-president - NDP-Quebec LGBTT Commission Riding of Québec Micheline Anne Montreuil in politics Micheline Anne Montreuil - Syndicaliste Micheline Anne Montreuil - Présidente étudiante Sherbrooke,
May 7, 2005
Press
release - September 11, 2006
Press
release - October 5, 2006
Repentigny,
November 9, 2006
Ottawa,
November 10, 2006
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The 13 ridings in the areas of Greater Québec city and Trois-Rivières • Beauce - [map] • Beauport-Limoilou - [map] • Charlesbourg -Haute -Saint-Charles - [map] • Lévis-Bellechasse - [map] • Lotbinière-Chutes de la Chaudière - [map] • Louis-Hébert - [map] • Louis-St-Laurent - [map] • Montmagny L'Islet Kamouraska Rivière-du-Loup - [map] • Montmorency -Charlevoix -Haute-Côte-Nord - [map] • Portneuf -Jacques-Cartier - [map] • St-Maurice -Champlain - [map] • Trois-Rivières - [map]
Some well known members of the NDP in Greater Québec city • Simon-Pierre Beaudet from Beauport Limlilou • Isabelle Martineau from Charlesbourg • Éric Boucher from Lévis-Bellechasse • Raymond Côté from Lotbinière Chûtes de la Chaudière • Denis Blanchette from Louis-Hébert • Robert Donnely from Louis Saint-Laurent • Martin Cauchon from Montmorency Charlevoix Haute Côte-Nord • Jean-Marie Fiset from Portneuf Jacques-Cartier • Michaël Lessard from Québec • Claude Larocque from Saint-Maurice Champlain • Geneviève
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fight against poverty, social measures, significant increase in the minimum wage, health-care accessability overcrowding in emergency rooms. Effectively, the politicians often avoid debating ideas because they don't want to address head-on these subjects which are nonetheless so important for the well-being of the population. I will start the debate and it will not stop; believe me. I am part of the left wing, not the extreme left, but somewhere between the center and the extreme left. I believe in the
State and I believe that the State is a major partner in the development
of this country because it is not private enterprise that will take care
of the common needs of ordinary people.
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On May 7, 2005, the General Council of the
NDP Quebec Section adopt a «Statement on Québec-Canada relations»
known as «Declaration
of Sherbrooke» in which the main statement says : The NDP recognizes
Québec's right to self-determination, which implies the right of
the people of Québec to decide freely its own political and constitutional
future. This right can be expressed in various ways and can go as far as
achieving sovereignty. But the right to self-determination can also be
exercised within Canada.
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NDP formally adopts Declaration of Montreal on LGBT rights Svend Robinson, Micheline Anne Montreuil elected LGBT co-chairs
QUEBEC CITY, September 11, 2006 / NDP LGBT Committee / Canada’s New Democratic Party wrapped up its federal convention yesterday with the formal adoption of the Declaration of Montreal on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Human Rights ? becoming the world’s first political party to do so. The Declaration of Montreal was adopted at the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights ? the world’s largest-ever international LGBT rights conference. Drafted in consultation with LGBT rights groups from all continents, it calls for full worldwide recognition of a wide variety of political, legal, and social rights, including the end of all laws criminalizing homosexual sex, worldwide recognition of the right of LGBT people to equal marriage, and complete social integration of equality for LGBT people throughout the world. The declaration is to be submitted to the United Nations. The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA), which organized the Conference, confirms that the NDP is the first political party in the world to adopt the declaration. “This is the widest-ranging declaration on LGBT rights ever, a ringing statement of equality and a call to action for all members of sexual orientation or gender minorities and our friends and allies,” said the NDP’s critic for LGBT Human Rights, Bill Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas). “It will guide our pursuit of equal rights for LGBT Canadians and LGBT people the world over.” The resolution, submitted by the Jeanne-Le Ber riding association in Montreal, was presented to delegates by Matthew McLauchlin, co-president of the NDP-Quebec Section’s LGBTT Affirmative Action Commission. A joint omnibus resolution on LGBT human rights proposed by the NDP’s Quebec Section and the Burnaby—Douglas riding association was also considered in the convention’s equality committee, recommended for passage, and submitted to the party’s Federal Council. It contains provisions calling for action by the Canadian government for LGBT rights worldwide, equal rights for transgender and transsexual people, education on LGBT issues, and measures to combat LGBT youth suicide. A third resolution, to enshrine equality for LGBT members in the party’s constitution, was also adopted. The convention also saw the largest-ever meeting of the party’s LGBT caucus. Over 70 delegates packed a room at Quebec City’s convention centre, electing two veteran LGBT rights activists as the committee’s co-chairs and federal council representatives: former MP Svend Robinson and transgender rights activist Micheline Anne Montreuil. Svend Robinson was first elected to Parliament in 1979 and served until 2004. Rapidly distinguishing himself by his bold political stands and passionate activism, in 1988 he became Canada’s first MP to come out. One of the most prominent figures in Canada’s LGBT rights movements, he sponsored numerous bills and initiatives on LGBT rights, including Canada’s first same-sex marriage bill and legislation to extend hate crime protection to those targeted for their sexual orientation. Micheline Anne Montreuil, a Quebec City lawyer, is one of Canada’s most prominent transgender activists. In 1997 she began a five-year series of court battles against the Directeur de l’état civil du Québec to allow her to adopt her feminine name despite not having changed her legal attribution of sex, a battle she won in 2002. She also sued a former employer for firing her for presenting as a woman outside of work hours as she began to transition. She has taught law and other subjects at the Université du Québec à Rimouski and Université Laval, served on the boards of the Canadian Human Rights Trust and EGALE Canada, and served as president of Local 225 of the Syndicat de la fonction publique du Québec. She has also written many books on law and business administration. Full text of the Declaration of Montreal For more information,
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No legalized homophobic discrimination The NDP attacks the Conservative “back-up plan” MONTREAL, October 5, 2006 / NDP-Quebec LGBTT Commission / The NDP-Quebec LGBTT Commission criticized the Conservative government’s proposed bill to legally protect certain manifestations of homophobia. Besides the protection of religious leaders who speak against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual (LGBTT) community, the draft bill reportedly aims to protect civil servants who refuse to solemnize civil weddings of same-sex couples. It would be introduced after the defeat of the motion to reconsider the same-sex marriage bill passed in the last parliament. “This discriminatory legislation basically eliminates sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination,” said Micheline Anne Montreuil, co-president of the Commission. “Civil officiants represent the State and not a religion, and should not have the right to refuse to serve certain citizens because of their own discriminatory beliefs. Should they also be allowed to refuse to issue marriage licences because of colour or language? This proposal is an attack on the Charter of Rights, besides being interference in provincial jurisdiction.” “The government’s talking about freedom of religion, but that’s just a smoke screen,” added co-president Matthew McLauchlin. “The right of religious officials to restrict religious marriage according to their beliefs is both supported by the Charter and explicitly recognized in the law that allowed equal same-sex marriage. But religious freedom does not justify allowing civil servants to discriminate against LGBTT people, any more than it would justify discrimination against women or members of different religions.” “We associate ourselves with the statements by our party’s critic for LGBTT human rights, Bill Siksay, on this subject. The NDP will fight to expose this cynical attempt to perpetuate homophobia, and to ensure that all citizens have the right to equal treatment by the civil service, without any discrimination,” Ms. Montreuil concluded. The LGBTT Commission is the representative body of LGBTT people in the NDP Quebec Section and is responsible for party outreach in the LGBTT community. It is the only LGBTT body of a federal or provincial party in Quebec. For more information:
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The NDP and Réjean Bellemare, the true defenders of LGBT people in Repentigny REPENTIGNY, 9 November 2006 / NDP LGBT Committee / The co-chair of the LGBT Committee of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP), Micheline Anne Montreuil, reiterated the constant commitment of the NDP and its candidate in Repentigny, Réjean Bellemare, for equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) people. “From its beginnings, Canada's NDP has never wavered in its constant and proactive commitment and struggle to defend equal rights, dignity, and respect for LGBTT communities,” Ms. Montreuil said. “Canada's New Democrats ensured that discrimination based on sexual orientation was made illegal under the Canadian Human Rights Act and that our marriages would be recognized from coast to coast to coast. Réjean Bellemare will continue this proud tradition and keep up the fight for all LGBTT Quebecers in the House of Commons.” Réjean Bellemare stated his unshakeable commitment to gay and lesbian rights. “The NDP is fighting tirelessly for LGBTT rights,” he said. “Unlike other political parties, it required its MPs to vote in favour of equal marriage, because to us it's a basic matter of fundamental human rights and equality. I'm very proud of that, and as MP it will be my duty to continue the NDP's tradition of defending equity and dignity for the LGBTT community. I'll defend the rights of all my constituents not only with my words, but also with my vote in Parliament.” “The NDP has always been ahead of the curve on LGBTT rights,” Ms. Montreuil noted. “We earn that A grade that Egale Canada regularly gives us for our stance on LGBTT rights. The NPD led the fight to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and to get equal marriage recognized. A New Democrat, Svend Robinson, was the first MP to come out. And the NDP was the first political party in the world to endorse the Declaration of Montreal, a world-scale statement of LGBTT rights issued by the first International Conference on LGBT Human Rights this July.” Among the NDP's current struggles for LGBTT rights in Parliament are: blocking the Conservative scheme to reopen the debate on equal marriage; amending the Canadian Human Rights Act to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression; and pushing the government to meet the demands of the Declaration of Montreal. Information: Raoul Gebert
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Ottawa, November 10, 2006 Report of the LGBT Committee Sisters and Brothers We are writing to update you on news about the Federal NDP LGBT Committee at the recent federal convention in Quebec City and Federal Council and other events since that time. We are the co-chairs elected by members at the LGBT caucus meetings at the convention, with a mandate until the next convention in 2008. Svend was elected as our representative to Federal Executive, and Micheline Anne to Federal Council. It is very exciting that we have elected the first ever trans person to a leadership position in our LGBT caucus at this convention. The convention was very well organized, thanks in large part to Federal Secretary Eric Hebert and his team (Eric, by the way, recently married his long-time partner Scott …congratulations!) Thanks are due to outgoing Co-Chairs Jeff Atkinson and Meghan McMaster for their leadership during the last four years. We had a terrific turnout at caucus meetings at the Convention, with over seventy delegates in attendance, from every region in the country. Many were young people attending their first convention. It was great to be joined by Bill Siksay, the caucus spokesperson on LGBT issues, and Libby Davies at our caucus meetings, as well as by Ontario MPP Peter Kormos. LGBT delegates were active on the convention floor and in panel sessions on a variety of issues. In the panel on Justice issues, there was a vigorous debate on the proposed Conservative bill to increase the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16. Svend was successful in moving an amendment to confirm our support for an end to the discriminatory age of consent for anal intercourse, which clearly discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The issue was not settled in the panel, and was debated again at the upcoming Federal Council meeting in early November in Ottawa. At the Federal Council meeting, a resolution was adopted overwhelmingly recommending that the Caucus oppose Bill C-22, the bill increasing the age of consent from 14 to 16. There was an excellent debate, in which several of the members of the LGBT caucus actively participated, on both sides of the issue. There were also many eloquent and passionate speakers from the youth wing of the party opposing the Bill. It is very significant that the Council, made up of representatives from across the country, sent such a strong signal to our federal elected representatives. Unfortunately, there were no members of the Caucus present to hear the debate. The next day Federal Leader Jack Layton promised that he and the Caucus would take very seriously the views of Council on this matter. There will be a free vote on the issue within the caucus. Back to the recent federal NDP Convention….The Quebec LGBT section successfully moved an amendment to the party constitution to include “sexual orientation” in the prohibited grounds of discrimination for membership. As well, we adopted an emergency resolution supporting the Declaration of Montreal adopted at the conclusion of the international lgbt rights conference preceding the Montreal Outgames this past summer. A comprehensive resolution addressing LGBT issues was merged with a resolution from Bill Siksay’s riding on trans rights, and adopted in panel at the convention. Kudos to Matt McLauchlin for his terrific work on these issues, and for getting a press release out after the convention as well. Over 40 members of the LGBT caucus got together for dinner at a Quebec City restaurant on the Saturday night of the convention, and then many went out to party late into the night. Following the convention we have attempted to ensure that we have the correct e-mail addresses for everyone in attendance. Thank you to all those who sent me a message confirming your email address…to those who have not yet done so, please reply to this email so we know that your email address is current. As well, we are hoping to put together draft statutes to give some formal structure to our group. Micheline and Svend will be circulating in the future a proposal, and will welcome feedback before sending out a final version for approval. Svend has checked with Federal NDP Headquarters to see what structures other party committees have adopted, but there is very little to assist us in this area…most have no formal statutes, just brief general terms of reference. As we move forward there are a number of issues that we need feedback and advice on: · Age of consent legislation…as mentioned above, Federal Council met in early November and debated this issue. The Bill passed second reading, or agreement in principle, on October 30. Congratulations and thanks to MP’s Bill Siksay and Libby Davies for opposing the Bill in principle and speaking out on our concerns. Svend raised this issue during the first telephone conference call of the Federal Executive in a question to Jack Layton. Jack indicated that the caucus is having a vigorous debate on the issue, and would likely vote in favour of the legislation in order that it can be amended in committee on issues such as a uniform age of consent for all sexual activity. Clearly there is not unanimity around this legislation among our LGBT caucus, although a lot of concerns were raised. What do you recommend our caucus do in response to this Bill? · Same sex marriage. There is little doubt that Harper’s bill to reopen this debate and roll back our right to equal marriage will be defeated. But now there is talk of a homophobic “Defence of Religion” bill to appease his religious right-wing supporters. What can we do to help mobilize opposition? [Good to see that the Quebec LGBT section sent out a strong release condemning the proposal · Election preparation. The next federal election will likely come as early as next spring. What can we do to ensure that we have a significant number of out LGBT candidates representing our party, and a strong and visible platform on our issues? Also, there are by-elections underway in London North Centre and Repentigny. The Bloc is favoured in Repentigny, and they are running Catholic priest who is progressive and gay, but still says he will take direction from the Neanderthals in the Vatican. · Trans rights. What can we do to support Bill Siksay’s private members’s bill to include ‘gender identity and gender expression’ in the Canadian Human Rights Act? · How can we promote greater involvement of our lesbian sisters in the LGBT caucus? · What can we do to strengthen our links with LGBT groups internationally? · How do we promote better communication with LGBT groups at the provincial/territorial level, and in the labour movement? These are just some
of the issues we are looking for your feedback and suggestions on. Please
respond to Svend at svend@svendrobinson.com
We look forward to hearing from you. And if you know other people that want to be added to this email list, just forward their email address and we will include them. Again, it was great to meet all of you at the recent convention and Council meeting, and we look forward to getting to know you better and working with you in the future. Yours in pride, Svend and Micheline
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