 He also sat on the Montreal Executive Committee, and was responsible for housing, urban planning, buildings, real estate transactions and strategies, and the Office of Public Consultation.He was the Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) representing the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from 1994 to 2008.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Copeman graduated from Vanier College and received a Bachelor of Arts with honours in political science from McGill University in 1983.