WELCOME
MESSAGE
Citizens
of Madawaska – Restigouche,
I
have proudly represented you as Member of Parliament for our large
region since June 2004. Representing you is a task I have taken seriously
and with passion. You can be confident in the work I have done for
you and together with you. My three offices in the region serve 62
000 citizens living in over 30 000 households.
I believe in our values and I will make sure the decisions made within
this government are in the best interest of our region. To find myself
in the opposition was a challenge that I accept with enthusiasm. I
will continue to work to promote economic development, to defend our
universal healthcare system, to find ways to finance post-secondary
education, to implement a national childcare program and to stand
up for our seasonal workers. My promises are clear and I will continue
to defend them throughout this mandate.
To represent Madawaska – Restigouche and its population is a
great honor to me and that is why I am sure that together we can make
our region a great success.
Hope to
see you soon,
JEAN-CLAUDE « J.C. »
D'AMOURS
MP for Madawaska – Restigouche
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BIOGRAPHY
Jean-Claude D'Amours was elected as Member of Parliament
for the first time at the general election of June 28, 2004. He was
re-elected on January 23, 2006.
At the House of Commons, he has been a member of the Standing Committee
on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development ant the
Status of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the Standing Committee
on Official Languages. Within the Liberal Caucus, Mr. D'Amours has
been member of the Forestry Caucus as well as the Special Committee
Caucus on Cities and Communities. He was recently the Official Opposition
Critic for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency (ACOA).
For
more information, please consult the House
of Commons section.
Before
acting as Member of Parliament, Mr. D'Amours worked mainly in the
economic sector, having occupied the positions of Director of Business
Development within the Business Development Bank of Canada (2000-2004),
Director by interim of the Society of Development Aid to the Communities
of Madawaska (2000) as well as being a financial agent to this Society.
For
more information, please consult the Professional
section.
He has had the opportunity to work with you on a number of important
files such as the opening of Passport offices in Campbellton and Edmundston,
a contribution of over 18 million dollars in different projects during
his first mandate, the creation of the Employment Insurance Pilot
Projects worth 300 million dollars, defending the interests of our
farmers and supply management defending access to high speed internet
for everyone, working to transfer the Port of Dalhousie to a local
group, defending access to Postsecondary education in our region,
presenting Private Members Bills to the House of Commons about eliminating
the two week waiting period for E.I. benefits and allowing parents
of sick children to have access to E.I. benefits. For
more information on these files, please do not hesitate to consult
the archives of the news releases.
Within
his community,
Jean-Claude D'Amours is involved in various organizations such as
the Edmundston Regional Hospital Foundation, the Community Economic
Development Agency and the Northwest Junior Achievers. He was also
involved with the Edmundston Jazz and Blues Festival, the Brayonne
Faire and the Edmundston Youth Fair.
Native of Edmundston in New Brunswick, Jean-Claude D'Amours is married
to Hélène Thériault, also from Edmundston. Together
they have two young girl, Émilie and Alexendra.
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CERTIFICATES
On
request, Jean-Claude "J.C."
D'Amours, MP for Madawaska – Restigouche, sends congratulatory letters and/or certificates to citizens celebrating
significant birthdays, wedding anniversaries, births or special events
& awards.
Feel free to download these certificate application forms or contact any of the MP's constituency offices :
• For birthdays, anniversaries,
events or awards (8.5" x 11" letter size format)
• For births (8.5"
x 14" legal size format)
If you wish
to view & print these certificates as PDF documents, you will
need the free program "Adobe Acrobat." If you do not yet
have this program, please download and install it by clicking the
graphic below. Once the program is installed, you will be able to
view & print any PDF documents.
To
ensure on-time delivery, we ask that you submit your request at least
three weeks before the event date.
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PHOTO
GALLERY
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