Élisabeth Brière
- Born
- 1967 or 1968 — Quebec City, Quebec
- Family
- Married, has three sons
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Université de Sherbrooke; diploma in notarial law (1991); certificate in business administration (1993)
- Career
- Notary for nearly 30 years, lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke, president of Maison Aube-Lumière
- Political Experience
- MP for Sherbrooke since 2019, Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency (December 2024 to May 2025), Minister of Veterans Affairs (March to May, 2025)
- Notable
- First woman elected in the riding of Sherbrooke, first Liberal elected since 1984
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering federal politics, Élisabeth Brière had a career as a notary for over 25 years. She was reportedly a co-owner of the notary firm Brière & Létourneau. Additionally, she worked as a lecturer and coordinator for the master's program in notarial law at the Université de Sherbrooke. Her public disclosures with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner list assets such as a professional corporation and rental properties.
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Élisabeth Brière won with 31,249 votes (51.3%)
Total votes cast: 60,931
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Okay. Safeguards are being put in place to counter illegal attempts to influence electors' votes. The bill provides for that, but not only when elections are called. These measures also apply at all times. What are your thoughts on that?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for being here this morning. Mr. Perrault, you talked about the new funding rules to improve transparency and prevent funds from anonymous, foreign or obscure sources from being injected into our democratic system. What do you think would be the risk of removing the option for third parties to fully use their own funds as a source of funding
Was your recommendation based on an experience here in Canada, or did you also draw inspiration from things that are happening abroad? Are you aware of any practices related to this?
Yes, absolutely.
Thank you, Mr. Perrault.
That brings me to the second point I wanted to discuss. In La Presse, today or yesterday, Stéphanie Grammond informed us that Russia injects or spends between $3 billion and $4 billion a year to spread misleading information, and we can see that it's working. It's being discussed all over the news media. Canada reportedly spends $20 million to $30 million to counter this interference. Artificial
C‑25 Given what has been set out in Bill, do you think we're actually going far enough?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to go back to the question that was put to Ms. Turnbull in the first hour. It was about a 10% threshold for contributions. We heard the response from the Chief Electoral Officer and the discussion between Mr. Cooper and Ms. Turnbull. Ms. Lawlor, what's your point of view on this?
Do you agree with extending the measure to leadership races?
Thank you very much. We know that our system is very robust and that this is important for ensuring the transparency of the electoral process. C‑25 Do you think that what's being proposed in Billwill still ensure this transparency and preserve the strength of our fundraising system in the electoral process?