Émilise Lessard-Therrien

Émilise Lessard-Therrien is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue as a member of Québec solidaire until her defeat in the 2022 Quebec general election.

Émilise Lessard-Therrien MNA
Émilise Lessard-Therrien in December 2018
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
In office October 1, 2018 – August 28, 2022
Preceded by	Luc Blanchette
Succeeded by	Daniel Bernard
Personal details
Born	(1991-11-27) November 27, 1991 Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Québec solidaire
Education	UQAM Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Profession	Teacher, organic farmer

In March 2019, Lessard-Therrien in an interview expressed concern over possible land grabs in the province by Chinese nationals. She said that, with climate change, Quebec would be one of the few places left with good, arable land and fresh water in a few years’ time and that the Temiscamingue region had much unexploited land that was being scouted by Chinese nationals. She also said “Between us, we call them predators,” she said. “They are predators of agricultural land. And we see them, we feel them. And what I’m saying is that fallow land still has potential to be farmed again, but land that belongs to China may never feed Quebecers, and it’s important that we be concerned now.”[2][3]