Before founding ParentsVoice BC in 2022 Marc has been a volunteer on boards, committees, and campaigns at the local, provincial, and national level with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The founding insight that inspired him to start ParentsVoice BC was the realization that while the political Left and Right at both the Federal and Provincial levels are aided by their respective political parties and related entities, only the Left maintains this skilled approach at the School Board level of government.

This is done largely through the political clout and mobilization power of the unions—especially the Teachers’ Union, of course—and sets up an almost insurmountable David-vs-Goliath dynamic for local candidates who are not Union-endorsed.

ParentsVoice BC seeks to level the playing field so truly independent local candidates have a fighting chance.

Ironically, Marc and his four siblings grew up in Powell River, BC where his immigrant father drove a forklift for 39 years at the local unionized Pulp & Paper mill.

Marc is himself a strong union supporter—the story of how Mother Jones and the unions saved the miners in Virginia from virtual slavery is an inspiration to him—but feels the Teachers’ Union has been captured by the woke Left elite.

This is why he feels unions have steered it into areas far beyond their original mandate of workers’ rights and into areas like how and what children are supposed to learn in schools.