William Johnson (author)
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William Johnson C.M. (born 1931) is a Canadian academic, journalist and author.
Bilingual in the English and French languages, Johnson attended College Jean-de-Brebeuf in Montreal. He taught sociology at the University of Toronto before becoming a journalist, working as a parliamentary correspondent in Quebec City and Washington, D.C. for The Globe & Mail and as a journalist and parliamentary reporter for the Montreal Gazette in Ottawa, Ontario.
In 1982, William Johnson was made a Member of the Order of Canada with the citation that his "daily reports from Quebec on social, cultural, and political affairs have given Anglophone readers new insights into the problems and aspirations of Francophones and have contributed notably to Canadian unity." He has written about the role that attitudes and misconceptions have played in the history of the Quebec sovereignty movement.
He was elected president of Alliance Quebec in 1998, serving a controversial term until 2000. In 2005, Johnson authored the book on then Leader of the Official Opposition and current Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper.
He translated from the French language to English the 2006 book Young Trudeau: 1919-1944: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada by Max Nemni and Monique Nemni.
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- Anglophobie Made in Québec (1991) ISBN 2-7604-0399-8
- A Canadian Myth, Quebec, between Canada and the Illusion of Utopia (1994) ISBN 1-895854-08-3
- Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada (2005). Douglas Gibson Books. ISBN 0-7710-4350-3
