Page 15 - The heart of Leadership

On June 22, 1960, René Lévesque was elected in the riding of
Montréal-Laurier under the banner of the Quebec Liberal Party led
by Jean Lesage. His greatest achievement as a minister was the
nationalization of hydroelectricity, an issue of the 1962 election
campaign (Maîtres chez nous) that brought Jean Lesage's Liberal
government back to power.

In January 1968, he published Option Québec, which was the
origin of the political party that was created a few months later under
the name Parti Québécois. On November 15, 1976, the Parti
Québécois won the election with 41.4% of the vote. René Lévesque
introduced major reforms, including the Political Party Financing
Act and the Charter of the French Language. René Lévesque was a
very influential man of heart and a man of the people.

* (Biography René-Lévesque Foundation - 2009-2017)

* Michelle Audette

Born in Newfoundland and Labrador to an Innu mother and a
Quebec father, she is one of the activists who led a veritable crusade
for a national inquiry into the 1,200 First Nations women who have
disappeared or been murdered over the past 30 years. In August
2016, the perseverance of the former president of the Native
Women's Association of Canada was rewarded when she was named
one of the five commissioners tasked with shedding light on this
scourge that has been ignored for too long.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

With the strength of having written one of the most significant
novels of the year, “La femme qui fuit” (Grand Prix du livre de
Montréal, Prix des libraires, Prix France-Québec, etc.), the writer,
filmmaker, playwright, and mother of three young children had the
time – and the empathy – to help Syrian refugees. After being made
aware of this cause thanks to her role as spokesperson for the World
Press Photo event, she decided, in collaboration with photographer

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