Guy Laforest (born 1955) is a Canadian

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and former director general of the

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. Previous to that he was director of the department of political science at the

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...

, where he taught for more than 29 years. He was educated at Université Laval and

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. A former member of the University of Calgary's political science department, Laforest is the author of numerous publications on Canadian public policy. He has previously served as president of the

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. Laforest was born in

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. He supported the Quebec sovereignty option in the 1995 referendum and was featured on a nightly '' Téléjournal'' panel, debating then–University of Montreal political science professor

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. From 2002 to 2004, he served as President of the

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and ran as the party candidate in

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for the district of

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, finishing third with 24 per cent of the vote.

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candidate

Sam Hamad Sam Hamad (born June 17, 1958) is a Canadian politician. He is the former member of National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Louis-Hebert in the Quebec City region. Member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was the Minister for Transports and he ...

won the election with 45 per cent of the vote.

Publications

Laforest's publications include: *De la prudence, 1993 *Reconciling the Solitudes, 1993 *, 1995 *, 1998 *, 1998

References

External links

''Curriculum vitae''

at www.vigile.net 1955 births Living people Canadian political scientists Canadian political philosophers People from Quebec City Université Laval faculty Action démocratique du Québec politicians Canadian political party presidents Université Laval alumni McGill University alumni French Quebecers Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada {{Quebec-politician-stub