Michel C. Auger is a Québécois

French-speaking Quebecer

French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....

 journalist. He is a political columnist for Le Soleil

Le Soleil

Le Soleil is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec. It was founded on December 28, 1896 and is published in compact format since April 2006...

, though until April 2006 he worked for Le Journal de Montréal

Le Journal de Montréal

Le Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid...

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He is also the former president of the Fédération professionelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ).

Auger began his journalistic career in the newspaper Le Jour

Le Jour

Le Jour was a Quebec independence newspaper. It was founded in Saint-Laurent, near Montreal, by Yves Michaud, Jacques Parizeau and René Lévesque. Michaud was editor-in-chief...

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He has been a teacher of journalism in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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He is a political analyst often called upon by the TVA

TVA (TV network)

TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...

 and LCN

LCN

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 television networks (owned by the Quebecor

Quebecor

Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...

 media conglomerate

Media conglomerate

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, like Le Journal de Montréal).
He took part every week in the programme Indicatif présent on the SRC radio for the segment called "Vindicatif Présent", until the departure of host Marie-France Bazzo

Marie-France Bazzo

Marie-France Bazzo is a Canadian broadcaster, who has hosted television programming for Télé-Québec and radio programming for CBC Radio's Première Chaîne network....

 that put an end to the legendary show in 2006.
He is a commentator on Radio Canada.
He is an enthusiast of the sport of baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

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