Pacifique Plante was a crime fighting lawyer from the 1940s to the 1950s. He was also known as Pax Plante.

He investigated corruption in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 municipal politics.

He fought against the organized crime

Organized crime

Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...

 and corruption which prevailed in Montreal between 1940 and 1950. In 1948, Plante denounced corruption inside the police force. With the assistance of the journalist Gérard Filion

Gérard Filion

Gérard Filion, was a Canadian businessman and journalist.Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal...

, he published a series of articles in Le Devoir

Le Devoir

Le Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....

 (from November 1949 to February 1950) where he affirmed that a police "protection" encouraged continuation of the activities of the underworld. With Jean Drapeau

Jean Drapeau

Jean Drapeau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986...

, he took part in an investigation which lead to the arrest of several police officers.

Books about Plante

The non-fiction book City Unique by William Weintraub

William Weintraub

William Weintraub, OC is a Canadian journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer, best known for his long association with Canada's National Film Board ....

 deals with his fight against vice in Montreal. The book has won a QSPELL Award.

• Pax lutte à finir avec la pègre - Alain Stanké
  Alain Stanké
  Alain Stanké is a Canadian francophone television and radio host and commentator, writer, editor, producer, interviewer and journalist....
  
  

External links

• Pax Plante affronte la pègre
• Lutte contre la pègre: la farce recommence Pax Plante, Nov. 1949 article in Le Devoir
• Le Devoir sous Gérard Filion: L'affaire Pax Plante - Qui écrira ces histoires abracadabrantes?