Yvan Loubier

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Yvan Loubier (born April 10, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Quebecois Federal Party. He is a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, and has been since he was first elected in the 1993 election. Prior to being elected he was a consultant in economic policies and international trade and was an economist. He is the current chair of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance and is the Bloc's Finance critic. He has also in the past been the critic of Western Economic Diversification, International Financial Institutions, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. On September 8, 2006 Loubier announced that he would not seek re-election at the next federal election but will remain a militant for the sovereignty of Quebec.