Alexandre Boulerice
- Born
- June 18, 1973 — Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Education
- Studied sociology at the Université de Montréal; completed graduate coursework in political science at McGill University
- Career
- TV journalist (LCN, TVA), communications consultant for CUPE
- Political Experience
- Vice president of communications for the Quebec section of the NDP
- Notable
- NDP's Quebec lieutenant; Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party (appointed March 11, 2019)
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Alexandre Boulerice won with 24,358 votes (41.0%)
Total votes cast: 59,420
Mr. Speaker, some people are getting calls that go a little bit like this: “Hi Grandma, it's your grandson. I really need help. I just need your PIN.” Obviously, we know what happens next. With AI, bank fraud horror stories are on the rise. The current position of the banks is that they cannot do anything when people voluntarily divulge their information to fraudsters. It is the victims' own [more]
Mr. Speaker, while Israel and the United States are attacking Iran on the false premise of the nuclear program, the entire region is in going up in flames. Meanwhile, Netanyahu is taking advantage of the situation to once again drop bombs on Lebanon. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, thousands injured and nearly 80,000 displaced after fleeing in terror. France is clearly supporting [more]
Mr. Speaker, I would like to table two petitions in the House. The first is from citizens who are concerned about the misuse of generative AI, which has led to a rise in disinformation due to deepfakes, or falsely generated videos or images of a person's likeness. AI tools have developed to a point where it is difficult for the most people to determine the authenticity of a video, audio or image [more]
Mr. Speaker, the second petition highlights that, following the genocide in Gaza, Canada has not yet sanctioned any entities for their activities in Gaza and that, according to the United Nations, Israel's latest military campaign has damaged or destroyed 92% of housing units in the Gaza Strip. These citizens call upon the government to investigate and sanction individuals and entities involved [more]
You said we need to retain our expertise. That would be key to control costs, even in terms of efficiency. It's about being more efficient. If these cuts are made, people will leave. Will we be able to retain that expertise? Once it's gone, it'll be hard to get it back. What do you think?
We've often heard these cuts are being made blindly. They want to cut 15% everywhere. It's like clear-cutting. The Liberal government wants to use AI to figure out which positions to cut, which means robots or computers would be making those kinds of decisions. What do you think about that?
Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly, six years ago almost to the day, the world stopped because of the COVID‑19 pandemic. You said public safety and public health could be at risk because of the Liberal government's blind cuts to scientific services. Given these cuts, would we be in a better position now to deal with a pandemic than we were in 2020? Would we be worse off?
What you're saying is Liberal cuts could jeopardize public health and safety. Is that correct?
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'd like to start with a comment. There are people here who work at the heart of public services and services to the public. This is what they do, every day. And yet, I heard a Liberal member say these people are not telling the truth. I have rarely seen such contempt from a government, this Liberal government in particular, for those who serve the public [more]