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 Albert Morin has the privilege of having grown up and studied in his riding for the first 25 years of his life. André attended primary school at École François de Laval, high school at École Ladauversière and CEGEP at Collège Bois-de-Boulogne. Later, André enrolled at the University of Ottawa to study law. He graduated with a degree in civil law. He then continued his studies at the Université de Montréal, where he earned a master's degree in criminal law. Finally, he earned a doctorate in comparative criminal law and legal history at the Université de Poitiers in France. André has had an academic career. He taught at the Universities of Ottawa and Montreal for 25 years. He is the author of a large number of articles on public and criminal law.

As part of his professional career, André was a prosecutor for the Attorney General of Quebec for several years. He pleaded hundreds of cases, many of them before juries. He then obtained a research position with the Law Reform Commission of Canada, where he helped draft a federal code of criminal procedure. In 1989, he joined the ranks of the federal Department of Justice, in Ottawa, where he pleaded cases in several provinces in labor and disciplinary law for the RCMP. He then moved to the International Assistance Group, where he had the privilege of participating in bilateral negotiations concerning the implementation of criminal law treaties. He returned to Montreal to plead in all Quebec jurisdictions, in cases involving criminal prosecution, extradition, organized crime and anti-terrorism. He was Assistant Director and Assistant Deputy Attorney General of Public Prosecutions in Ottawa. He has been deeply involved in community work with the homeless. In recognition of his involvement, he received the Humanitarian Award from the Federal and Territorial Prosecution Services. Over the years, he has been active in the Quebec Bar and the Bar of Montreal. In recognition of his contribution, the Quebec Bar named him Emeritus Lawyer, and the Montreal Bar awarded him the Merit of the Bar of Montreal.

André has always been sensitive to the needs of people on trial and victims of crime. He has also maintained positive ties with the judiciary. The stance taken by the current Minister of Justice, in addition to the exclusion of the federal government from several consultation tables in Quebec, motivated him to enter the political arena.