Sacha Cannon

Biography

Born in Hull and raised in the Manoir-des-Trembles neighborhood, Sacha Cannon is making the leap into provincial politics with the Quebec Liberal Party. Coming from a family where commitment to community service has been a core value for several generations—his father, Lawrence Cannon, served as a city councilor, provincial minister, and federal minister— he holds a law degree with honors from the University of Ottawa and a master’s degree in transnational arbitration from Sciences Po Paris, which he earned on a merit-based scholarship. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party since the age of 16, he decided to run as a candidate in Hull because he is convinced that the Outaouais region finally deserves its fair share.

An attorney and court clerk at the law firm of the Honorable Yves Fortier, KC, he participates in major international arbitration proceedings before ICSID, the ICC, and the LCIA, involving investor-state disputes as well as sports and anti-doping cases, including the case of Mandy Bujold v. International Olympic Committee.

After this high-profile experience on the international stage, he made a conscious decision to return to serve his community. As a prosecutor and then an attorney for the City of Gatineau (2024–2025), he also worked as an attorney at Tereposky & DeRose in Ottawa on NAFTA/CETA disputes. This voluntary return to Hull reflects a genuine sense of belonging and a clear life choice. Since February 2026, he has served as policy director in the office of the leader of the official opposition in the National Assembly, working directly alongside André Fortin, the Member for Pontiac. He has also been teaching at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law since 2022.

Sacha Cannon is particularly concerned about the glaring delays that have been plaguing his region for far too long. In healthcare, the Outaouais region has a shortage of more than a thousand professionals compared to the provincial average, and millions of dollars are sent to Ontario every year to care for our people. In education, the lack of dozens of college and university programs is holding back the future of our youth. Housing, social services, and efforts to combat homelessness are systematically underfunded. Mr. Cannon wants to bring a young, rigorous, and deeply rooted voice to the National Assembly—one grounded in asymmetric federalism and an ambitious regional economic development plan.