Michel David (born 1951) is a Canadian

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and is a columnist for the

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, Canada, newspaper ''

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''. David became a journalist in 1978. He was the parliamentary correspondent at the

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for

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's ''

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'' from 1980 to 1991 and became President of the

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Charest calls inquiry into judicial nominations
/ref> at the end of the 1980s. From 1994 to 2001, he was a regular contributor to the English-language Montreal paper '' The Gazette''. Now a columnist for the newspaper ''

'', he contributes each year to its publication of a ''bulletin (report card)'', giving grades to prominent Members of the National Assembly for their work during the year. His columns tend to show subtle humour and slight cynicism. After the 2001 resignation of

Lucien Bouchard Lucien Bouchard (; born December 22, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician. A minister for two years in the 24th Canadian Ministry, Mulroney cabinet, Bouchard then founded and led the Bloc Québécois and became Leader ...

, he published, with Quebec City cartoonist André-Philippe Côté, ''Les années Bouchard'', a book on the former

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Premier of Quebec. The book compiled political cartoons of Bouchard drawn by Côté; David provided commentaries and Bouchard, himself, the

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Journalists from Montreal 1951 births Living people Le Devoir people {{Quebec-bio-stub

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