Fred Beauchemin

Frédéric Beauchemin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Studies
Mr. Beauchemin did his post-secondary studies at Collège Jean de Brébeuf, where he obtained a DEC in Pure Sciences (1984). Later, he acquired a bachelor of commerce in Finance from HEC Montreal (1987), then an MBA from McGill University in 1994.

Professional life
He began his professional career in banking. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Scotiabank - a position he held until 2019. In 2007 he became Head of Credit Markets to finally completing his professional career as Head of Capital Markets from 2010 to 2019.

Community involvement
Fred Beauchemin was notably a member of the boards of directors for the foundations of Père Sablon, des petits rois, Marie-Vincent and the Institut du cancer de Montréal.

Since October 3, 2022, Fred Beauchemin has been elected Member of Parliament for Marguerite-Bourgeoys for the Liberal Party of Quebec.

Office at the National Assembly
Beauchemin is currently serving as:


 * Vice-president of the Committee on Economy and Labor
 * Official Opposition Critic for the Economy
 * Official Opposition Critic for Innovation
 * Official Opposition Critic for Finance
 * Official Opposition Critic for the Estrie Region
 * Official Opposition Critic for the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region

Harassment allegations
On October 5, 2023, Beauchemin and three of his staffers received a complaint for psychological harassment by the president of the Liberal Party of Quebec Youth Commission. It was alleged that the members of his team had harassed, intimidated and threatened her, all the while instrumentalizing the Youth Commission to promote his forthcoming campaign for the leadership of the party with the inaction of Beauchemin regarding the harassment.

ChatGPT
On April 6, 2023, he asked the very first question written entirely by artificial intelligence in the National Assembly. It was addressed to innovation Minister, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and focused on the impacts and risks of using this same intelligence.

“I would like to know how the Government of Quebec intends to support this transition to an increasingly digital and automated economy, while ensuring the protection of jobs and the competitiveness of our province. Can you tell us what concrete measures your ministry plans to put in place to encourage the use of artificial intelligence and businesses and industries, while ensuring the protection of workers? Thank you in advance for your answer. And by the way, this question was entirely prepared by ChatGPT”.

Submission of bill
In March 2023, Fred Beauchemin tabled Bill 396: An Act to amend the Debt Reduction Act and establish the Generations Fund to expect an attainment of capitalization of $100 billion in order to ensure generations a green and prosperous future.