Michel Bernard
Dubois Gang
    Michel Bernard, born around 1953, was probably one of the youngest members of the Dubois Gang. He became  associated  with  the group in his late teens and, according to documents of the Quebec Police's inquiry into organized crime, worked for Claude Dubois in extortion, shylocking, and drug rackets.

     Between October 1973  and  May 1975, authorities  contend, Bernard received $125 a week from  a job  at the Taverne Montreal bar, although he didn't do  any work there. Several employees  reportedly even  had  to  Bernard $30 a week for a "work permit".

     When Bernard was fired, a series of fights and robberies began taking place at the bar, and the establishment was eventually sold.

     Bernard  was  among  the  Dubois Gang  henchmen  who  participated  in  the "take  over" of  the Iroquois Hotel in Old Montreal. On the morning of May 5, 1975, Jacques Ouimet called  a reunion of all his employees in a room at the hotel. Allegedly awaiting them inside were Adrien Dubois, Jean-Paul Dubois, Michel  Bernard, Donald  and Carl Lavoie, Alain Charron, Denis Barette, Roger Brissette, and several others. The employees were reportedly told that they were fired  and to never step foot in Old Montreal  again. Donald Lavoie, armed with  a  baseball bat, and  another  soldier  then  proceeded  to threaten, hit, and spit on the employees. Their jobs were  then  given to  associates of Adrien Dubois, authorities claim.

     Bernard was  among several gang members who experienced financial trouble and borrowed cash off  of  Claude Dubois, documents of  the  Quebec Police's inquiry into organized  crime  revealed. In September 1975, he approached Dubois for $1,700, so he could have his car fixed.

     On March 12, 1976, Bernard  and Gilles Leblanc, another reputed Dubois Gang member, were  at the l'Index nightclub, near Old Montreal. A suspect walked up to Bernard, then 23 years old, and shot him in the back. Leblanc took out  a knife to  attack the killer, but was shot in the face, heart, and left shoulder. The killer and an accomplice then fled the club, escaping the scene in a taxi.