Pour un Québec lucide

"Pour un Québec lucide" (in English, "for a clear-eyed vision of Quebec") is a manifesto signed by 12 prominent Quebecers, including former premier Lucien Bouchard. Published on October 19 2005, the manifesto tackled issues facing modern Quebec, highlighting Quebec's fiscal problems and promoting unpopular solutions including raising university tuition and electricity rates. [http://www.pourunquebeclucide.com/documents/manifesto.pdf English version of the manifesto] The manifesto was met by a counter-manifesto, Pour un Québec Solidaire, whose authors went on to found the Québec Solidaire political party. [http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/03/27/QuebecAngryAndTorn/ Analysis from the 2007 Quebec general election mentioning the role of the manifesto]

Signatories

*Lucien Bouchard (former premier of Quebec)
*Joseph Facal (former Parti Québécois minister)
*Pierre Fortin (economics professor Université du Québec à Montréal)
*Robert Lacroix (administrator at the Université de Montréal)
*Sylvie Lalande
*Claude Montmarquette (economics professor at the l'Université de Montréal)
*André Pratte (Editor of La Presse)
*Denise Robert (co-founder and President of Cinémaginaire)
*Jean-Claude Robert (history professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal)
*Guy Saint-Pierre (former Quebec Liberal minister and former president of SNC-Lavalin)
*Marie Saint-Pierre (designer)
*Denise Verreault (president of Groupe maritime Verreault)

References

External links

* [http://www.pourunquebeclucide.com Official Site]