Sophie Chatel

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Liberal · Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi · Quebec

Profile on the Commissioner's registry

House of Commons committees now: Veterans Affairs (ourcommons.ca)

Minister or parliamentary secretary. Under the Conflict of Interest Act they must sell publicly traded securities they control or place them in a blind trust; their spouse does not have to. Their summary statement says how they complied.

Items listed now: 3
assets, debts and companies, member and spouse
Items over time: 3
in any declaration on file
Material Changes: 0
3 declarations read in all
More than 60 days after the change: 0
no dated change

Disclosed now

Active declarations, exactly as written

Public Declaration of Liabilities ($10,000 or more) disclosed Jan 26, 2026

Liabilities

Mortgage with Desjardins, with spouse

Summary Statement disclosed Jan 24, 2026

Summary Statement

Obligation to provide a confidential report has been met and all initial reporting and compliance measures have been taken to comply with the Conflict of Interest Act.
Divestment of:
- Publicly Traded Securities by sale

Disclosure Summary disclosed Jan 24, 2026

Liabilities

Mortgage with Desjardins, with spouse

Spouse's/Common-Law Partner's assets

Spouse's/Common-Law Partner's source(s) of income

Last 12 months:
Employment income from the University of Ottawa
Next 12 months:
Employment income from the University of Ottawa

Spouse's/Common-Law Partner's activities

Member of the board of the Pontiac–Kitigan Zibi Federal Liberal Association

Every item over time

Dates link to the declarations

Item	Whose	Type	First listed	Last listed	Listed now
Desjardins As written: Mortgage with Desjardins, with spouse	Member	Liabilities	Jan 24, 2026	Jan 26, 2026	Yes
VANGUARD S&P 500 INDEX ETF TR UNIT As written: Units of VANGUARD S&P 500 INDEX ETF TR UNIT	Spouse or partner	ETFs and funds	Jan 24, 2026	Jan 24, 2026	Yes
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION As written: Units of VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION	Spouse or partner	ETFs and funds	Jan 24, 2026	Jan 24, 2026	Yes

Material Changes

Statements of a change after a summary

Disclosed	Date of change	Days	Whose	What the statement says
Nothing to show.

Every declaration read

Public Declaration of Liabilities ($10,000 or more) Jan 26, 2026 · Liabilities
Summary Statement Jan 24, 2026 · Summary Statements (Act)
Disclosure Summary Jan 24, 2026 · Disclosure Summaries (Code)

Roles the registry lists

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence · Office of the Minister of Veterans and Associate Minister of National Defence Sep 25, 2026 to present · Initial Compliance Completed
Member of Parliament · Liberal Party of Canada · Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi May 13, 2025 to present · Initial Compliance Completed
Parliamentary Secretary to the Min. of Agriculture and Agri-Food & Min. of Rural Eco. Dev. & Min. responsible ACOA · Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Mar 14, 2025 to Apr 28, 2025 · Post-Employment