Pierre Mailloux
Encyclopedia
Pierre Mailloux better known as Doc Mailloux or Docteur Mailloux, is a psychiatrist
, who hosted a French-language
talk show
with Janine Ross on CKAC radio in Montreal
from 1995 to 2007.
in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
region of Quebec
. He studied medicine at Université Laval
in Quebec City
and psychiatry at McGill University
in Montreal
.
In 1975, after serving as psychiatrist for the Canadian Forces
, he started working with assault offenders and participated in numerous trials as an expert witness on the psychiatric domain.
Mailloux was assigned to the Denis Lortie
case. According to Mailloux, Lortie suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had organized his crime during a psychotic episode, believed his was acting on instructions from God[3]. Nevertheless, in 1985, Lortie was convicted of first-degree murder, but a new trial was ordered due to legal errors. Lortie pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder in 1987.
In 1995, he started his radio career with CKAC, a Montreal radio station. Over the years, the title of his radio show on Radiomédia network has changed from Un psy à l'écoute to Deux psy à l'écoute to Doc Mailloux. However, in 2007, CKAC became a sports station and the program was cancelled. It's not clear yet if he will pursue his talk show career with another radio station or not.
He is the author of several books, including Pour la castration volontaire des pédophiles (2001, ISBN 2890057615), Au secours des femmes (2001, ISBN 2764005520), Pour l'amour des enfants : Non aux châtiments corporels! (2002, ISBN 2922572986), Pour élever ses enfants : Prière de ne pas les rabaisser... (2006, ISBN 2895621071).
Other topics he often speaks about include voluntary castration
of pedophiles, violence toward children, incest, and he often criticizes feminists.
He served as an on-air psychiatrist for the Quebec version of the reality show Loft Story
, where he made remarks that upset the parents of a participant while analyzing her behaviour.
On February 10, 2005, the Quebec Regional Panel of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
, answering a listener's complaint, determined that Mailloux had made "specifically-focused abusive and unduly discriminatory remarks" toward ethnic groups when talking about immigration
in a broadcast. He referred to Sikh
s as a "gang of bozos
" (translated). They ruled that, in doing so, Mailloux and the station broke the human rights
clause of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Code of Ethics.
On June 23, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released a similar ruling on two other comments, including a statement that "Native Americans and Black people from the Americas
are born less intelligent than white people" because of artificial selection
from slavery
and the Europeans who used to kill the smartest "Indians" to better control the population. He said that it accounts for their poverty and high unemployment rate. He also stated that "Janet Jackson
exhibits tribal behaviour".
On September 25, 2005 he appeared on the widely viewed Québec television talk show, Tout le monde en parle
and cited unspecified studies allegedly used at the Université de Montréal
in psycho-education classes, stating that Black people in the Americas
and Native Americans have a lower IQ average then white and Asian Americans, a currently controversial topic of study about race and intelligence
.
He was indefinitely barred from the Collège des médecins in January 2007 for prescribing abusive doses of neuroleptics to two of his patients and because of his earlier radio and TV claims and comments. The collège determined that Mailloux posed a threat to the medical profession. However, the CKRS radio station and a viewer circulated a petition for the College to reinstate Mailloux until his hearing in front of the discipline committee. He has since been reinstated and has resumed his practice.
On March 20, 2007, a Journal de Montréal news article reported that in an interview with Télé-Québec
's host Richard Martineau, Mailloux said that women manage stress more poorly than men, that they are also less able to make decisions under pressure. He also said he would never work for a woman. He made rude gestures and obscene language towards the host as well. Télé-Québec did not air the interview and never released any footage from that single 8 hour long session at Mailloux's farm.
In September 2007, during an interview on a Rouyn-Noranda radio station, Mailloux made controversial comments about the mayor of Saguenay
, Jean Tremblay
, after he read a memoir at the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on the reasonable accommodation
. In the memoir, Tremblay was in favor of maintaining Catholic traditions like the traditional prayer before each city council meeting and keeping the cross in Saguenay's city hall. Mailloux also criticized the people of the city, saying its citizens lacked judgement by voting for Tremblay, also explaining the high unemployment rate in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
region.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, who hosted a French-language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
with Janine Ross on CKAC radio 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...
from 1995 to 2007.
Background
He was born in NormandinNormandin, Quebec
Normandin is a city located on the west side of Lac Saint-Jean in the Canadian province of Quebec.Normandin is name after the surveyor Joseph-Laurent Normandin. Its history of European-Canadian settlement began in 1878 when the first pioneers arrived. Alphonse Laliberté was elected as Normandin's...
in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region...
region of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He studied medicine at 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...
in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
and psychiatry at 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...
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...
.
In 1975, after serving as psychiatrist for the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
, he started working with assault offenders and participated in numerous trials as an expert witness on the psychiatric domain.
Mailloux was assigned to the Denis Lortie
Denis Lortie
Denis Lortie is a former Canadian army corporal. In 1984, he stormed into the National Assembly of Quebec building and killed three Quebec government employees....
case. According to Mailloux, Lortie suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had organized his crime during a psychotic episode, believed his was acting on instructions from God[3]. Nevertheless, in 1985, Lortie was convicted of first-degree murder, but a new trial was ordered due to legal errors. Lortie pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder in 1987.
In 1995, he started his radio career with CKAC, a Montreal radio station. Over the years, the title of his radio show on Radiomédia network has changed from Un psy à l'écoute to Deux psy à l'écoute to Doc Mailloux. However, in 2007, CKAC became a sports station and the program was cancelled. It's not clear yet if he will pursue his talk show career with another radio station or not.
He is the author of several books, including Pour la castration volontaire des pédophiles (2001, ISBN 2890057615), Au secours des femmes (2001, ISBN 2764005520), Pour l'amour des enfants : Non aux châtiments corporels! (2002, ISBN 2922572986), Pour élever ses enfants : Prière de ne pas les rabaisser... (2006, ISBN 2895621071).
Controversies
He is notorious for his controversial on-air comments and in 2002 was officially reprimanded by the Collège des médecins for making a diagnosis on the air, comments considered "unworthy of a doctor" and inaccurate information he gave about a drug.Other topics he often speaks about include voluntary castration
Castration
Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries.-Humans:...
of pedophiles, violence toward children, incest, and he often criticizes feminists.
He served as an on-air psychiatrist for the Quebec version of the reality show Loft Story
Loft Story
Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel.-Description:Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar...
, where he made remarks that upset the parents of a participant while analyzing her behaviour.
On February 10, 2005, the Quebec Regional Panel of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is an independent, non-governmental organization created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters....
, answering a listener's complaint, determined that Mailloux had made "specifically-focused abusive and unduly discriminatory remarks" toward ethnic groups when talking about immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
in a broadcast. He referred to Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
s as a "gang of bozos
Bozo the Clown
Bozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
" (translated). They ruled that, in doing so, Mailloux and the station broke the human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
clause of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters was the national voice of Canada's private broadcasters, representing the vast majority of Canadian programming services, including private radio and television stations, specialty, pay and pay-per-view services....
Code of Ethics.
On June 23, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released a similar ruling on two other comments, including a statement that "Native Americans and Black people from the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
are born less intelligent than white people" because of artificial selection
Artificial selection
Artificial selection describes intentional breeding for certain traits, or combination of traits. The term was utilized by Charles Darwin in contrast to natural selection, in which the differential reproduction of organisms with certain traits is attributed to improved survival or reproductive...
from slavery
Slavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
and the Europeans who used to kill the smartest "Indians" to better control the population. He said that it accounts for their poverty and high unemployment rate. He also stated that "Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
exhibits tribal behaviour".
On September 25, 2005 he appeared on the widely viewed Québec television talk show, Tout le monde en parle
Tout le monde en parle (Quebec)
Tout le monde en parle is a Quebec talk show hosted and co-produced by Guy A. Lepage, broadcast on Radio-Canada since 2004. It has been adapted from the French show of the same name, created and hosted by Thierry Ardisson.- Concept :...
and cited unspecified studies allegedly used at the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
in psycho-education classes, stating that Black people in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
and Native Americans have a lower IQ average then white and Asian Americans, a currently controversial topic of study about race and intelligence
Race and intelligence
The connection between race and intelligence has been a subject of debate in both popular science and academic research since the inception of intelligence testing in the early 20th century...
.
He was indefinitely barred from the Collège des médecins in January 2007 for prescribing abusive doses of neuroleptics to two of his patients and because of his earlier radio and TV claims and comments. The collège determined that Mailloux posed a threat to the medical profession. However, the CKRS radio station and a viewer circulated a petition for the College to reinstate Mailloux until his hearing in front of the discipline committee. He has since been reinstated and has resumed his practice.
On March 20, 2007, a Journal de Montréal news article reported that in an interview with Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
's host Richard Martineau, Mailloux said that women manage stress more poorly than men, that they are also less able to make decisions under pressure. He also said he would never work for a woman. He made rude gestures and obscene language towards the host as well. Télé-Québec did not air the interview and never released any footage from that single 8 hour long session at Mailloux's farm.
In September 2007, during an interview on a Rouyn-Noranda radio station, Mailloux made controversial comments about the mayor of Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
, Jean Tremblay
Jean Tremblay
Jean Tremblay is a politician from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean . Notary by profession and a businessman, he became mayor of Chicoutimi in 1997. After the municipal reorganization in Quebec, he became the first magistrate of the city of Saguenay on 1 January 2002...
, after he read a memoir at the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on the reasonable accommodation
Reasonable accommodation
A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment made in a system to "accommodate" or make fair the same system for an individual based on a proven need. Accommodations can be religious, academic, or employment related and are often mandated by law. Each country has its own system of reasonable...
. In the memoir, Tremblay was in favor of maintaining Catholic traditions like the traditional prayer before each city council meeting and keeping the cross in Saguenay's city hall. Mailloux also criticized the people of the city, saying its citizens lacked judgement by voting for Tremblay, also explaining the high unemployment rate in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region...
region.