Dr. Jacques Chaoulli

acques Chaoulli was born in France in 1952. After obtaining his medical doctorate from Paris University, he immigrated to Canada and undertook research in medical education at Laval University's faculty of Medicine. He received a Master's degree in education from Laval University in 1982. He has practiced medicine in Quebec since 1986. As a first-hand observer of the difficulties of access to health services, he began, in 1996, to make a particular examination of these problems, notably by analyzing the legal issues and the health systems of countries comparable to Canada. Since the judgment, he has been invited to give numerous speeches across Canada, in the United-States and abroad. He is a Senior Fellow at the Montreal Economic Institute, and the Founder and President of the Chaoulli Group.