Michelle Courchesne

Michelle Courchesne
Member of Parliament for Fabre (2003-present)
Incumbent
Assumed office May 1, 2003
Preceded by	Joseph Facal
Personal details
Born	(1953-05-06) May 6, 1953 Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Spouse	Normand Filiatreault
Cabinet	Minister of Education, Recreation and Sport, Minister of Family

Michelle Courchesne (born May 6, 1953 in Trois-Rivières is a Quebec politician. A member of Quebec Liberal Party, she is the National Assembly Member for the riding of Fabre in Laval, Quebec. She is also the current Minister of Education and Minister responsible for the Laval region while being formerly the Minister of Immigration, Employment and Social Solidarity.

Courchesne to the Université de Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in urban development. She would become an urbanist from 1976 to 1981 before being elected to the City Council of Laval. She would also work at the Ministry of Culture and Communications as a Deputy Minister before being a member of the administration council of the National Bank of Canada, Radio-Canada, the National Theater School of Canada and the Quebec Mental Health Foundation. She would be the director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and a vice-president for Marketel and Cognicase

Courchesne would enter politics in 2003, where she was elected as the MNA for Fabre while the Liberals regained power after nine years of governing by the Parti Québécois. She would be named by Jean Charest in the Cabinet as the Minister responsible for the relations with the Citizens and Immigration before being promoted to Employment and Social Solidarity following a Cabinet shuffle in 2005 where she took the position occupied by Claude Bechard.

Following the 2007 elections in she was re-elected while the Liberal were reduce to a minority government, she was named the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports. On April 24, 2007 the Ministry of Education had announced that it will lift a tuition freeze for university studies and will increase it by 50$ per semester over the next five years which prompting fierce opposition by the University student association, the FEUQ. Quebec currently holds the lowest university tuition fees across Canada where it cost on average just under 1 700$ per student per semester.

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