Claude Poirier

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Claude Poirier" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Claude Poirier
Poirier in 1968
Born	(1938-10-26) October 26, 1938 (age 86) Montreal, Quebec
Occupation	Crime reporter
Employer	TVA

Claude Poirier (born October 26, 1938, in Montreal, Quebec) is a negotiator and crime reporter for the Quebec-based Canadian French-language television network TVA. He is best known for negotiating with suspects during hostage situations.

Poirier's 60-year career as a crime reporter started in 1960 when he covered a

militant group in 1970. He has, perhaps unwillingly, nicknamed the RCMP (Gendarmerie Royale du Canada in French) la "Genmarderie Royale du Canada" ("marde" is a slang term for excrement in French). Rumour has it that he does it on purpose because of a grudge he has against them. Due to such events, he is often portrayed in comedy sketches.

During his career Poirier has participated in numerous inquiries and trials as an expert and as a witness. He covered the widely publicized

operation called "Printemps 2001" which significantly reduced their criminal activities around the province.

During hostage situations or similar events, criminals often asked police for a negotiation with Poirier. In August 2007, he was heavily involved over the well-publicized case of the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, Cédrika Provencher, in Trois-Rivières, in a possible case of abduction.^[1]

Poirier received the Medal of Bravery from the Canadian government in 1977. The Quebec government has honoured him five times during his career.^{[citation needed]}

Today,^[

, a 60-minute show that discusses various cases involving the juridical system in Quebec or Canada as well as various crime or disappearance cases.

Poirier also played an important role in the production of the television series "Le Negociateur" which aired in 2005. The second season began on October 23, 2006, on the TVA television network. The series features well-known figures in

Stephanie Lapointe and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge

.

References

1. ^ "Cedrika's parents enlist 'The Negotiator' to help". CTV. August 27, 2007. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007.

External links

• Biography of Claude Poirier^[usurped] (in French)