''Le Québécois'' () is a political

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based in

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. Founded in 2001, it is a

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of the

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. The newspaper also has a militant wing, the Réseau de Résistance du Québécois.

Description

Originally backed by the Société nationale des Québécois et des Québécoises de la Capitale, ''Le Québécois'' is now independent. It notably featured

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from filmmaker, activist and intellectual

Pierre Falardeau Pierre Falardeau (December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence. Falardeau wrote at least one book, ''Rien n'est plus précieux que la libert� ...

and the former sovereigntist

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Jacques Parizeau Jacques Parizeau (; August 9, 1930June 1, 2015) was a Canadian politician and Québécois economist who was a noted Quebec sovereigntist and the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996. Early life and career Parize ...

. It is responsible for the creation of Québec-Radio, the fund-raising beer La Militante and manages the Éditions du Québécois

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Controversies

It has been featured in two fairly notable controversies. One regarded a harsh and raw critical article by

on federalist thinker

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, shortly after the latter's death in the February/March 2004 edition. The second controversy was raised in 2005 by ''Le Québécois'' about then future

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and her and husband

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's ties to the sovereignty movement and the Front de libération du Québec.

References

External links

Official website
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Description

Controversies

See also

References

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