Éric Caire

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Éric Caire


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birth_place= Quebec City, Quebec
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party= Action démocratique du Québec
party colour= ADQ
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riding=La Peltrie (2007-present)
portfolio= Health
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Éric Caire (born May 21, 1965 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of La Peltrie.

A bachelor from the Universite Laval in communication with additional formation in computer sciences, he was owner of a local business for one year and taught computer sciences at Collège François-Xavier-Garneau in Quebec City. Before his election, he was a computer-analyst for eight years including two with Cognicase. In 2004, he was also the host of a local community radio show at CIMI-FM.

Caire first attempted to enter politics in 2001 with a failed independent candidacy at the Quebec municipal elections in 2001. Caire first ran for a provincial seat at the National Assembly in the 2003 election but finished second with 34% of the vote. Liberal candidate France Hamel won with 41% of the vote.

In the 2007 election, Caire was easily elected with 51% of the vote. Hamel, who was running for re-election, finished second with 27% of the vote. Caire took office on April 12 2007. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/04/12/005-AssermentationADQ.shtml Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007] ] On April 19 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister of Health. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070419/CPACTUALITES/70419084/6488/CPACTUALITES Des postes clés pour Gilles Taillon et Sébastien Proulx, Martin Ouellet, La Presse, April 19, 2007] ]

Caire was among the first ADQ supporters to back the abolition of public school boards, [, [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070327/CPACTUALITES02/703270746/6461/CPACTUALITES02 Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007] ] an idea inspired by the OECD reforms on school choice (notably charter schools and school vouchers education models) as they exist notably in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Netherlands, Australia and some Canadian provinces (notably Alberta), that is now part of the party's platform as of 2007. [http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=pb&id=215 The Case For School Choice, Fraser Institute, 1999]

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* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/c/caie1.shtml Éric CAIRE] at National Assembly of Quebec
* . [http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=pb&id=215 The Case For School Choice, Fraser Institute, 1999] Comparative study on schoolboard-less education systems in OECD countries