Mario Roy

It is with great conviction and humility that I offer you a new vision for the Quebec. I am 31 years old, married and father of two young children. Farmer in the Beauce region, I operate the family farm with several other family members. Being the seventh of a family of nine, I took over the family farm with my brother at 23 years old, corresponding to the fourth generation to establish on the farm. The business includes a dairy, pork and maple syrup production.

When I turned 16, I started to get involved in the Youth Commission of our Quebec Liberal Party as militant by participating in activities organized at different levels. Today, I am actively involved in the Quebec union sector. During the past four years, it was an honor for me to serve as President of the union representing teaching assistants and invigilators at McGill University, called the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM), which led me to hold various positions at the Fédération des Enseignantes et Enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ) and contribute to the Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN).

Economist by training, I first completed my college program in Farm Management and Techonology and then graduated from a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics at McGill University. I am currently completing a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics at McGill University, hence the origin of my union involvement in education. In addition, I am part of two different boards of directors of the Union des Producteurs Agricoles du Québec (UPA), including the UPA Beauce-Centre board as well as being vice-president of the maple syrup producers’ board of Beauce. Finally, I am vice-president of my agricultural cooperative. My actions have always been based on the desire to make the society a better place to live.

Thank you!