Sophie Chatel
- Family
- Mother of two twin boys. Husband teaches global history at the University of Ottawa.
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Montréal in 1994; Master of Taxation from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1997.
- Career
- Tax advisor in the private sector for six years. Senior Officer and later a Senior Advisor at the Canada Revenue Agency from 2002 to 2008. Worked at the federal Department of Finance starting in 2008 as Associate Chief, Tax Treaties and International Tax. Head of the Tax Treaty Unit in the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration in 2017.
- Political Experience
- Elected to represent the riding of Pontiac in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.
- Notable
- First woman to represent the riding of Pontiac. Member of the Standing Committee on Finance in December 2021. Publicly called for a secret ballot on Justin Trudeau's leadership of the Liberal Party in October 2024. Endorsed Mark Carney in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Sophie Chatel had a long career as a public servant and expert in international tax policy. She worked for more than twenty years in this field, holding senior positions. Her roles included serving as an advisor for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Chatel also worked internationally for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. At the OECD, she was the Head of the Tax Treaty Unit, where she was involved in developing international tax standards to address tax avoidance by multinational corporations.
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Sophie Chatel won with 32,088 votes (54.6%)
Total votes cast: 58,773
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Mr. Speaker, as Remembrance Day approaches, I rise to honour Pilot Officer Gordon James Strutt from Shawville, Quebec, who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War. Born in Shawville, Gordon enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with the 58th Squadron. On August 6, 1942, he and five fellow airmen took off from Wick, Scotland on a patrol over the North Sea. Their
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Madam Speaker, one thing we are studying at the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs right now, which is very important for our veterans, is how to recognize the amazing skills they acquired in the forces. The forces now include drones, as I mentioned, cybersecurity, AI, all of those technologies that are so important to the defence sector. When they retire from the forces, they are sometimes
C‑40 Madam Speaker, my colleague will be voting in favour of Bill, because its goal is get contracts awarded faster to our defence companies. I want to come back to the aerospace industry. Contracts could easily be awarded. By combining expertise, we could make sure contracts are awarded faster.
Labrador Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for. This is my first opportunity to speak in the House since the tragedy at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, so I want to begin by offering my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who tragically died in this tragedy. My thoughts are also with those who were injured, their families and the entire community