Joseph Paul Benoit Lévis Brien[1] (born March 21, 1955) is a Quebec politician.
Brien earned his bachelor's degree in Consumer Applied Science from Université Laval in 1978.
He was appointed commissioner for the Quebec Agricultural Markets and Foods Authority on February 5, 1999 and worked as a professor of English at the Commission scolaire des Samares and the Commission scolaire des Affluents.
He worked in the office of Joliette MP René Laurin before he ran in Rousseau in 1994 as the Parti Québécois formed the government.
He ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in Repentigny in 2004 and lost.