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Serving as the assistant Crown attorney for the Cornwall Crown attorney’s office, Blanchard has prosecuted a wide range of cases, both in the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice. She first joined the Cornwall Crown attorney’s office in 2010 and was often the only officially designated bilingual assistant Crown attorney in the city.
Blanchard is well known in the community for her philanthropic involvement. Since 2020, she has volunteered with Rachel’s Kids, a charitable organization that raises funds to support children with disabilities and terminal illnesses. She has also volunteered with the Cornwall Triathlon, the Hawkesbury Hawks hockey team, and the board of directors of the Caisse Populaire Trillium Inc. Blanchard has also served as board director with the Cornwall Community Hospital since 2021.
A graduate of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Blanchard was called to the Ontario bar in 2005. In 2006, she was legal counsel in the cabinet confidences area of the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, where she gained experience in the field of access to information. She joined the Canadian Department of Justice as legal counsel in 2007 where she provided strategic legal advice to Treasury Board Secretariat on federal government policies, regulations, and program expenditure proposals.
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