CBC - Quebec Votes 2003


			Shawn Apel As CBC Radio's Civic Affairs reporter in Montreal, Shawn covers local issues and municipal politics.
			Gerri Barrer Gerri Barrer has worked for CBC Television News and Current Affairs in Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal. For the past several years she has focused on health and medical reporting and has been the Health Reporter for Canada Now in Montreal for the past two years. She has received Canadian and International awards for her work.
			Susan Bell Susan Bell has 13 years experience as a journalist. She began her career covering the Oka crisis at The Montreal Gazette in 1990. She has covered countless elections, provincial, federal and territorial during that time. She has been with CBC Radio for six years working as a reporter, host and writer.
			Lynda Calvert Lynda joins our team from the far east, St. John's Newfoundland that is, where she was based as the national reporter for CBC Television. However, she knows the terrain well in Quebec. She worked here for two years as a regional reporter for CBC Television in Montreal.
			Fiona Downey Fiona Downey has been with CBC since 1987. She began as a radio news reporter in Montreal but, a few years later, moved on to CBC television to anchor the weekend, then 11pm editions of "Newswatch". Subsequent years took Fiona to Quebec City where she pursued hosting and reporting stints for CBC radio. Federal, provincial and municipal elections, the 1995 referendum, the Oka crisis, The Ice Storm of 98... Fiona has helped bring all those stories to CBC audiences and kept an eye on Quebec's lively cultural scene for both radio and television. More recently, she has regularly contributed to and occasionally hosted CBC Radio's "Daybreak".
			Tim Duboyce Tim joined CBC radio in 1997. Tim has a keen interest in the changing dynamic of the political landscape in Quebec, especially the recent rise in popularity and influence of the Action Démocratique du Québec. Tim has covered provincial affairs from the National Assembly in Quebec City, and from Montreal. Tim has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa, where he studied Political Science and Communications. He has a certificate in Journalism from Humber College in Toronto.
			Alex Freedman Born in Ontario, Alex was drawn to the Quebec culture and political scene seven years ago. Upon graduating from Concordia Journalism in 2001, Alex joined the CBC. Since then he has covered federal and provincial byelections as well as contributing to a recent series on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He will be covering various Quebec campaign stories for both CBC Radio and Television.
			Marie-Claude Lemieux Marie-Claude Lemieux joined the CBC in the summer of 2000 at Newsworld in Toronto. She moved to Montreal that fall to join CBC Radio. She has been working for Daybreak and HomeRun and news reporting. Before becoming a journalist, she practiced law for five years in Quebec City. In addition to her law degree, she has a graduate degree in Journalism from Concordia University. Her knowledge of Quebec politics and social life give her a unique perspective.
			Tracey Madigan Born and raised in Montreal, Tracey studied Journalism in Winnipeg. After working in both TV and radio in Manitoba for a few years, she headed back east. First, as a producer and anchor at CHCH in Hamilton, Ont., then as a national television reporter back in Montreal. Tracey has been an online journalist with the CBC since 1999.
			Lauren McCallum Lauren McCallum began her career at the CBC shortly before the Quebec referendum on sovereignty in 1995. She has covered every municipal, provincial and federal election since then. Because Lauren grew up in Montreal, she has a real grasp on the issues that affect people in the city. She uses that knowledge to ask questions that CBC listeners really care about. Lauren has a Broadcast Journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal. She can sometimes be heard reporting on national issues, or reading the CBC Radio news.
			Matthew Pace Matthew Pace carries more than 10 years of journalistic experience onto the Liberal campaign bus. He has reported on hundreds of stories for CBC, including the riot last year at Concordia University, the 2002 forest fires in northern Quebec and Canada's reaction to September 11. He covered the Walkerton inquest, the funeral of Pierre Trudeau and worked on the federal election of 2000. Matthew has a masters in journalism from New York University.
			Amanda Pfeffer Reporter Amanda Pfeffer has returned to her native Montreal, to share and tell Quebecers' stories. She started her journalism career in the same Montreal newsroom in 1993, before moving to Vancouver for CBC Radio. Since then, she's travelled from coast to coast for CBC; from the New Brunswick legislature to the halls of Parliament Hill, learning about Canada and telling Canadian stories.
			Loreen Pindera Loreen Pindera has been covering news and current affairs for CBC Radio since 1984. Loreen is a 1981 graduate of Communication Studies at Concordia University and she completed her Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton University in 1984. She began her career in Thunder Bay, Ont. She covered politics, aboriginal justice and social issues in her home province of Manitoba before moving back to Montreal. She began work in Quebec the month that Robert Bourassa launched his 1989 re-election bid, and she has covered every federal and provincial election campaign in Quebec since then. Loreen's coverage of the 1990 Oka crisis for CBC Radio led to the publication of her book, with the Globe and Mail's Geoffrey York, entitled People of the Pines.
			Steve Rukavina Steve Rukavina comes to CBC Montreal by way of Saskatchewan, where he spent five years in Regina and Saskatoon as a CBC producer, reporter, and radio "jack-of-all-trades". Steve was born in Ontario and graduated with a Journalism degree from Ryerson in Toronto. As a general assignment reporter, Steve has covered everything from murder trials to elections to royal visits.
			Brett Ballah This will be Brett's third election campaign. He covered the 1999 Ontario election, and was co-ordinating producer for the Toronto coverage of the 2000 federal election. He has also produced a number of budget specials for CBC radio in Ontario, as well as coverage of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign. Brett grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and has spent the last dozen years in Ontario and Quebec. He is based in Quebec City.
			Jessica Brando Jessica Brando has been reporting in Quebec City since 1999, often getting to live the politics of the National Assembly first-hand. Career highlights so far have been the 2000 federal election, the Summit of the Americas in 2001, and being sent overseas to report on the military's peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia. She hopes this provincial campaign will provide as many gripping stories and professional challenges as her previous assignments, without the tear gas and mine fields.
			Rick Kalb Rick Kalb has had a long and distinguished career with CBC, covering the news for Radio and Television since 1977. The Winnipeg native has been posted in New Brunswick, P.E.I., and Ottawa, and has covered Quebec politics since 1988. He's covered the Meech Lake Accord, the '95 referendum, the election of Jean Parizeau and covered the Bloc in the federal election of 2000.