Guy Laforest is the director of the department of political science at the Université Laval

Université Laval

Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

. He was educated at Université Laval and McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

. A former member of the University of Calgary's Political Science department, Laforest is the author of numerous publications on Canadian public policy.

He supported the Quebec sovereignty option in the 1995 referendum and was featured on a nightly Téléjournal

Le Téléjournal

Le Téléjournal is the umbrella title used for the television newscasts aired on the Radio-Canada broadcast network. Le Téléjournal has been used since 1970 as the title of the network's flagship newscast, originating from Montreal, Quebec, and considered the French language equivalent of the...

 pannel, debating then University of Montreal Political Science professor Stéphane Dion

Stéphane Dion

Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...

. From 2002 to 2004, he served as President of the ADQ

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 and ran as the party candidate in 2003

Quebec general election, 2003

The Quebec general election of 2003 was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec . The Parti libéral du Québec , led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Bernard Landry.-Unfolding:...

 for the district of Louis-Hébert, finishing third with 24% of the vote. Liberal candidate Sam Hamad

Sam Hamad

Sam Hamad is a Syrian-born Quebec politician. He is the current Member of National Assembly for the riding of Louis-Hebert in the Quebec City region...

won the election with 45% of the vote.

Publications

Laforest's publications include:

• De la prudence, 1993
• Reconciling the Solitudes, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1998

External links

• Texts written by Guy Laforest at www.vigile.net