- Le Canadien
"Le Canadien" was a
French language newspaper published inLower Canada fromNovember 22 ,1806 toMarch 14 ,1810 . Its motto was: "Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits" (Our institutions, our language, our rights). It was released every Saturday and the yearly subscription was of 10chelin s orshilling s.History
The newspaper was founded in
Quebec City by lawyerPierre-Stanislas Bédard and associates François Blanchet,Jean-Antoine Panet ,Jean-Thomas Taschereau andJoseph Le Vasseur Borgia . All were members of the Parliament of Lower Canada at the time. The editor wasJean-Antoine Bouthillier . The newspaper quickly became the voice of theParti canadien in their battle against the English party and the government of governor James Craig.On
March 17 , 1810, the press and the papers of the editorial office on "rue Saint-François" were seized by the government. The printerCharles Lefrançois was imprisoned and a patrol searched the city for conspirators. "The Quebec Mercury " had previously insinuated that theFrench Canadian s and the Americans were plotting againstEngland . Two days later, no conspirators had been found. Bédard, Blanchet and Taschereau were arrested and also jailed.The prisoners were refused "
habeas corpus ". While in prison, Bédard was nominated as member of parliament in the Surrey riding and elected at the general election ofMarch 27 , 1810. In1811 , MPLouis-Joseph Papineau asked Governor Craig to clear Bédard of all charges. Governor Craig refused. Bédard was finally ordered out of prison at the end of the Legislative Assembly's session. He was never tried.The newspaper published again a few times, with intermissions. "Le Canadien" disappeared on
February 11 ,1893 into the hands of its new owner,Israël Tarte .Le Canadien/The Canadian was revived in 2007, as a socially progressive and not-for-profit national newspaper, with an international readership.
ee also
*
La Minerve
*List of Quebec media
*Patriote movement
*History of Quebec
*Timeline of Quebec history External links
* [http://pages.infinit.net/histoire/ Chronologie de l'histoire du Québec] (in French)
* [http://www.lejournalcanadien.com Le Canadien] (in French)
* [http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com The Canadian National Newspaper]
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