André A. Morin

Responsibilities

Vice-chair of the Committee on Citizen Relations
Official Opposition Critic for Access to Information and the Protection of Personal Information
Official Opposition Critic for Immigration, Francization and Integration
Official Opposition Critic for Justice
Official Opposition critic for tax havens
Official Opposition Critic for Professional Orders
Official Opposition Critic for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit
Official Opposition Critic for the Nord-du-Québec Region

Biography

André A. Morin was Chief Federal Prosecutor for the Quebec Region of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada until April 2022. A 32-year veteran of the federal public service, Mr. Morin was an advocate of social justice, inclusion, fairness and protection of the French language.

Having grown up in the Bordeaux-Cartierville district, André A. Morin is a native of the Acadie district. He attended the François-de-Laval, La Dauversière and Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne schools. With a doctorate in criminal law from the Université́ de Poitiers in France, he taught at the Université́ de Montréal from 2002 to 2022, at the Université́ d'Ottawa from 1989 to 1997 and at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa from 1990 to 1991.

André A. Morin was awarded the title of Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar in 2010, and the title of Merit by the Bar of Montreal in 2013. Morin is an experienced figure in Canadian and Quebec criminal law. In 2016, the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Heads of Prosecutions Committee awarded him the Heads of Prosecutions Award in recognition of his humanitarian commitment to the most vulnerable, notably through the Sovereign Order of Malta in Canada and abroad. The Liberal MP for Acadia was also involved with Accueil Bonneau.