Michel David (born in 1951) has been a
Québécois journalist since 1978, and is a columnist for the
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, newspaper ''
Le Devoir
''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...
''.
David was parliamentary correspondent at the
National Assembly of Quebec
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for
Quebec City
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's ''
Le Soleil
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'' from 1980 to 1991 and became President of the
press gallery {{Short description, Parliamentary reporters
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Charest calls inquiry into judicial nominations
/ref> at the end of the 1980s. From 1994 to 2001, he was a regular contributor to the English-language Montreal paper ''The Gazette
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''. Now a columnist for the newspaper ''Le Devoir
''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...
'', he contributes each year to its publication of a ''bulletin (report card)'', giving grades to prominent Members of the National Assembly for their work during the year. His columns tend to show subtle humour and slight cynicism.
After the 2001 resignation of Lucien Bouchard
Lucien Bouchard (; born December 22, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician.
Minister for two years in the Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then led the emerging Bloc Québécois and became Leader of the Opposition in the House ...
he published, with Quebec City cartoonist André-Philippe Côté, ''Les années Bouchard'', a book on the former Parti Québécois
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Premier of Quebec. The book compiled political cartoons of Bouchard drawn by Côté; David provided commentaries and Bouchard, himself, the foreword
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.
See also
*List of Quebec media
This is a list of Quebec media.
News services
* CNW Telbec
* La Presse Canadienne
Newspapers
Daily
* '' 24 Heures'' ( Quebecor)
* '' Le Devoir'' (independent)
* '' Le Droit'' produced in Ottawa, but also distributed in Gatineau and elsewh ...
*Politics of Quebec
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References
Journalists from Montreal
1951 births
Living people
Le Devoir people
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