Le Québécois
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| Type | Five times a year publication |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Independent |
| Editor | Patrick Bourgeois |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Political allegiance | Sovereigntism, Social democracy |
| Headquarters | 16, de Laval Quebec City |
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| Website: lequebecois.org | |
Le Québécois (IPA: [ləkebəˈkwaː]) is a political newspaper based in Quebec City. Founded in 2001, it is a medium of the Quebec sovereignty movement.
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[edit] Description
Originally backed by the Société nationale des Québécois et des Québécoises de la Capitale, Le Québécois is now independent. It notably features columns from filmmaker, activist and intellectual Pierre Falardeau and sovereigntist past Premier of Quebec Jacques Parizeau. Until 2005, it was available free of charge.
As a paper with national independence as its first editorial line, it is, in some ways, a successor of the Le Jour newspaper of the 1970s. Prolific in side projects, it is responsible for the creation of the indépendantiste internet radio Québec-Radio, the fund-raising beer La Militante and manages the Éditions du Québécois publishing house.
[edit] Controversies
It has been featured in two fairly notable controversies. One regarded a harsh and raw critical article by Pierre Falardeau on federalist thinker Claude Ryan, shortly after the latter's demise, in the February/March 2004 edition.[1]
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.
