''Le Québécois'' () is a political
newspaper based in
Quebec City. Founded in 2001, it is a
medium of the
Quebec sovereignty movement. The newspaper also has a militant wing, the
Réseau de Résistance du Québécois
The Réseau de Résistance du Québécois (RRQ) ( en, Québécois Network of Resistance) is a small fringe Archive copy a/ref> Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist group founded in 2007 that advocates Quebec sovereignty. In 2008, the RRQ claime ...
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Description
Originally backed by the Société nationale des Québécois et des Québécoises de la Capitale, ''Le Québécois'' is now independent. It notably featured
columns from filmmaker, activist and intellectual
Pierre Falardeau and the former sovereigntist
Premier of Quebec Jacques Parizeau.
It is responsible for the creation of Québec-Radio, the fund-raising beer La Militante and manages the Éditions du Québécois
publishing house.
Controversies
It has been featured in two fairly notable controversies. One regarded a harsh and raw critical article by
Pierre Falardeau on
federalist
The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''.
History Europe federation
In Europe, proponents of de ...
thinker
Claude Ryan, 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
Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean and her and husband
Jean-Daniel Lafond's ties to the sovereignty movement and the
Front de libération du Québec
The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Canadia ...
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See also
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List of sovereigntist media
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List of Quebec media
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Quebec nationalism
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Quebec politics
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Québécois
*
List of newspapers in Canada
References
External links
Official website
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French-language newspapers published in Quebec
Newspapers published in Quebec City
Quebec sovereigntist media
Newspapers established in 2001
2001 establishments in Quebec