Mr. Speaker, we were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Monique Fitz-Back.
Trained as a teacher, she had worked as a co-operant in Africa and was long involved in the CSQ, but she mainly made a name for herself by co-founding the green schools program, Établissements verts Brundtland.
She spearheaded a real crusade to make these schools places where people think globally and act locally to protect our future and keep our ecosystems intact.
In 1999, she was inducted into the Cercle des Phénix de l'environnement and in 2002 she received Silver in the environmental learning category in the Canadian Environment Awards. In 2004 she was named one of the Coalition Eau Secours honourary water carriers.
The Bloc Québécois extends its most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Monique Fitz-Back.