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Member Biographies – Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (45-1)

John Brassard - Chair
CPC - Barrie-Innisfil, Ontario

John Brassard

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Former firefighter for 30 years and city councillor for Barrie City for 9 years.
  • Served as an executive member of the Markham Professional Firefighters’ Association, including a three-year term as President.

Committee Membership

  • Chair: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2022-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2022-2025)
  • Vice-Chair: Veterans Affairs (2020-2021)
  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2022 | present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2025); Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee (2022-2025); Liaison (2022-present)
  • Former Member: Afghanistan (2021-2022); Veterans Affairs (2016-2017 | 2020-2021); Procedure and House Affairs (2019-2020 | 2020); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Subcommittee on the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment (2018-2019)

Linda Lapointe, Vice-Chair 
LPC – Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Linda Lapointe

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • National Caucus Liaison Officer at the Office of the Prime Minister from 2020-2025
 

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Deputy Government Whip: (2018-2019)
  • Member: Joint Interparliamentary Council (2018-2019)

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (present)
  • Member: Official Languages (2016-2018); International Trade (2016-2018 | present); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (present); Procedure and House Affairs (2018-2019); Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2018-2019)

Luc Thériault, Vice-Chair
BQ - Montcalm

Luc Thériault

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Specialist in bioethics and teaches philosophy at Collège de Maisonneuve
  • Between 1999 and 2003, he distinguished himself as a member of the PQ's National Bureau and as regional president of Montréal-Ville-Marie.

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (present), Health (2021-present), Medical Assistance in Dying (2021-2024)
  • Member: Health (2020-present), Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (present), Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Health (2020-2025), Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (2021-2024), Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform (2016), Medical Assistance in Dying (2021-2024), Electoral Reform (2016), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)

Michael Barrett
CPC - Leeds - Grenville - Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ontario

Michael Barrett

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2018
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Attended Algonquin College and enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces.
  • Worked as a human resources manager and served as a municipal

Committee Membership

  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2020-2021 | 2022-present)
  • Former Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (2022); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2020-2021 | 2022-present); Government Operations and Estimates (2022-present); Justice and Human Rights (2019); COVID-19 Pandemic (2020); Procedure and House Affairs (2021-2022); Subcommittee on Private Members' Business of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2021-2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Health (2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2020-2021 | 2022-2025)

Leslie Church
LPC - Toronto—St. Paul's, ON

Leslie Church

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Served as a senior advisor and Chief of Staff in the federal government, practiced law (private) and held executive roles at Google.
  • Church was vice-chair of Ontario’s Open Government Engagement Team in 2013-14, providing recommendations on open data, access to information and civic engagement.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

  • Parliamentary Secretary: Secretaries of State for Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities) (2025-present)

Committee Membership

  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2025-present)

Michael Cooper
CPC – St. Albert—Sturgeon River

Michael Cooper

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2015
  • Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Lector at St. Albert Catholic Parish and a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Albert Rotary Club and the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce.
  • Prior to being elected, Cooper worked as a civil litigator at an Edmonton law firm.

Committee Membership

  • Vice-Chair: Procedure and House Affairs (2023-present); Physician-Assisted Dying (2016), Justice and Human Rights (2018-2019), Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (2022), Medical Assistance in Dying (2022-2023)
  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2024-present), Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2023-present), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), Finance (2020), Physician-Assisted Dying (2016), Justice and Human Rights (2016-2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022), Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (2022), Medical Assistance in Dying (2021 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024), Procedure and House Affairs (2022-present), Public Accounts (2021-2022)

Gabriel Hardy
CPC – Montmorency—Charlevoix, PQ

Gabriel Hardy

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Executive Director of the Fitness Industry Council of Canada.
  • Advocated for sport and wellness issues during his campaign and during COVID; strong tourism and hospitality presence in the region.

Committee Membership

  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2025-present)

Gurbux Saini
LPC - Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC

Gurbux Saini

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Served as city councillor of Williams Lake for 14 years; owned and operated small businesses.
  • President of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, president of the local federal Liberal association, and president of the Central Cariboo Multicultural Association.

Committee Membership

  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2025-present)

Abdelhaq Sari
LPC – Bourassa, PQ

Abdelhaq Sari

Election to the House of Commons

  • Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

  • Previously taught at École des sciences de la gestion UQAM and served as city councillor for the Marie-Clarac district in Montréal-Nord.
  • Vice-chair and opposition representative at the Commission de la sécurité publique for Montreal.

Committee Membership

  • Member: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2025-present)
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