Friday, December 22, 2017

MPP Hon. Marie-France Lalonde, Ottawa-Orleans



Heavenly Father, we lift Hon. Marie-France Lalonde up to you today and thank you for her life. What a remarkable impact she has had on her community and we thank you for bestowing these wonderful gifts and qualities of leadership, stewardship and generosity upon her. We pray that you would grant her the strength and endurance she needs to continue on this wonderful path you have blessed her and her community with. We pray that your name would be glorified through this wonderful work (Isaiah 9:6). In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Marie-France Lalonde was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2014 as the MPP for Ottawa-Orléans. On September 4th, 2015, she was appointed as the new Chief Government Whip and became the first woman from Ottawa to hold this position. Lalonde currently serves as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs after being appointed by Prime Minister Kathleen Wynne on January 7th, 2017.  Last year, MPP Lalonde also introduced a bill in order to ban the use of microbeads from cosmetic products. This bill received support from all parties and has passed the second reading. With a degree in social work from the University of Quebec in Hull, she put her leadership and skills to work in a career that began at the Children's Aid Society, followed by the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Hospital.

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