• Self-introduction video

Political, parliamentary and ministerial offices

Elected as Member for La Pinière in the general election held on September 12, 1994

• Official Opposition critic for immigration and cultural communities from November 2, 1994 to March 7, 1996
• Official Opposition critic for international relations and French-language affairs from March 7, 1996 to January 19, 1999
• Member of the Committee on Institutions from March 7, 1996 to January 19, 1999
• Member of the France-Québec interparliamentary group of the International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians (AIPLF) from March 7, 1996 to January 19, 1999
• Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) from March 7, 1996 to January 19, 1999
• Member of the Task Force on the Information Highway from June 12, 1996 to October 28, 1998
• Member of the Committee on Culture from November 2, 1996 to October 28, 1998

Reelected as Member for La Pinière in the general election held on November 30, 1998

• Chair of the Montérégie Liberal caucus from January 10, 1995 to March 12, 2003
• Member of the executive and board of directors, Montérégie regional development board from January 15, 1995 to March 12, 2003
• Vice-chair and Chair of the Québec Section, Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas from September 30, 1997 to March 12, 2003
• Official Opposition critic for the information highway from January 19, 1999 to March 12, 2003
• Official Opposition critic for government services from January 19, 1999 to October 19, 2000
• Member of the Delegation of the National Assembly for Interparliamentary Cooperation (DANCI) from March 2, 1999 to March 12, 2003
• Member of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA) from March 2, 1999 to March 12, 2003
• Member of the Committee on Public Finance from March 4, 1999 to March 12, 2003
• Temporary Committee Chair from March 4, 1999 to March 12, 2003
• Official Opposition critic for housing from October 19, 2000 to March 12, 2003
• Chair of the Permanent Committee on Health and Social Development of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA) from November 30, 2002 to March 30, 2003

Reelected as Member for La Pinière in the general election held on April 14, 2003

• Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from June 6, 2003 to February 21, 2007
• Member of the Committee on the National Assembly from June 6, 2003 to February 21, 2007
• Member of the Committee on Planning and the Public Domain from March 8, 2005 to February 21, 2007
• Member of the Select Committee to study the draft bill to replace the Election Act from June 23, 2005 to February 21, 2007

Reelected as Member for La Pinière in the general election held on March 26, 2007

• First Vice-President of the National Assembly from May 8, 2007 to January 13, 2009
• Member of the Committee on the National Assembly from May 8, 2007 to November 5, 2008

Reelected as Member for La Pinière in the general election held on December 8, 2008

• First Vice-President of the National Assembly since January 13, 2009
• Member of the Committee on the National Assembly since January 13, 2009
• Member of the Subcommittee on Parliamentary Reform since January 13, 2009
• Deputy Chair of the Québec Section, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) since April 22, 2009
• Member of the Québec Section, Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) since May 27, 2009
• Member of the National Assembly Delegation for Relations with the French National Assembly (DANRANF) since May 27, 2009
• Member of the Québec Section, Ontario–Québec Parliamentary Association (APOQ) since May 27, 2009