C-21 Richard Martel Liberal policies don’t work

Richard Martel, born March 23, 1961 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, is a Canadian ice hockey coach and politician. He spent most of his career coaching various clubs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He then made the leap into politics by being elected as a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in the June 18, 2018 by-election. He was re-elected in 2019 and 2021. Ice field hockeycareerRichard Martel was assistant coach, head coach and managing director for 21 seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, from 1990 to 2011. He made his QMJHL debut as an assistant to Joe Canale with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens1, then became an assistant to Alain Rajotte with the Collège français de Verdun in 1992. He obtained his first position as head coach of the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser in 1993, and that year won his first Ron Lapointe Trophy as the league’s best coach.1 In 1995, Richard Martel moved to the Val-d’Or Foreurs, but was dismissed during the season. season in February 19982, shortly before the Foreurs won the President’s Cup. He then joined the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, where he added the role of managing director to that of head coach. He stayed in Baie-Comeau until November 2003, when the Chicoutimi Saguenéens hired him as head coach and managing director after difficult negotiations with the Drakkar3. On February 28, 2010, he became the QMJHL’s most successful coach when the Chicoutimi Saguenéens beat the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-1 to win 570 games. Richard Martel was dismissed by the Saguenéens during the 2010-20114 season. After more than a year’s inactivity, he turned his attention to Europe, and in July 2012 became head coach of Visby Roma Hockey in Sweden5. Then, after two seasons with Visby, he was hired by the Brûleurs de loups de Grenoble in France6. He won the 2014-2015 regular-season championship and the League Cup with the club. However, his career came to an abrupt end when he was fired during the playoffs following an incident on March 4 in which he ordered one of his players to attack the opposing goalkeeper7. This action is widely decried in France, where, according to Luc Tardif, President of the French Ice Hockey Federation, the culture of violence in ice hockey is not as prevalent as it is in North America8. His own players rebelled against him, denying him access to the dressing room. The club president announced the very next day that the coach had lost his job.9 However, these allegations of players rebelling against their coach were false, according to Martel 10. In response to these rumours, he declared that the stories had been amplified in Quebec, and that the team’s difficulties were perhaps linked to the management and negotiation of its next contract.10 The team’s directors, who managed the team for a period financial difficulties, may have used Martel’s intensity as a means of pushing him towards the exit. Although Martel acknowledged his share of fault in the incident, he felt that his intense style, which had worked relatively well in Quebec and Sweden, was perhaps not appropriate for France.10 On the 13th April 2016, Richard Martel becomes head coach of the Jonquière Marquis in the midst of the NAHL11 semi-finals. Richard Martel remains behind the Marquis bench for the 2016-2017 season in addition to assuming the role of General Manager. For the 2017-2018 season, he leaves his duties with the Jonquière Marquis and becomes Commissioner of the North American Hockey League. Trainingrecord (QMJHL)