Pierre Dubuc (born Jean-Pierre Dubuc May 25, 1947 in

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) is the director and editor of L'aut'journal, a progressive monthly paper. He is one of the founders of

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, a

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political club within the

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Biography

Pierre Dubuc completed studies in

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at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. He eventually became active within the Marxist-Leninist movement '' En lutte!''. He departed the group later in the 1970s, finding it not enough to the

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, to join the ''

Union bolchévique Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Union ...

''. Dubuc founded in 1984, the monthly paper called '' L'aut'journal'', of which he is now director and editor. In 1996, he contributed to the creation of the Chaire d'études socio-économiques de l'UQÀM, which he directed for two years. He joined the

in 2004 when the pro-

union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Unio ...

, progressive

was founded, with his assistance. He declared on July 20, 2005 his intention to enter the Parti Québécois leadership election of 2005 in the name of the SPQ Libre. His candidacy was approved unanimously by the SPQ Libre on August 15, 2005, and confirmed by the Parti Québécois on September 9, 2005. He won 1,282 votes or 1.2% of the ballots cast.

Bibliography

* ''L'autre histoire de l’indépendance'', Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2003. * ''Manifeste du SPQ Libre'', Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2005. * ''Larose n’est pas Larousse'', Éditions Trois-Pistoles, 2003, with Charles Castonguay, Jean-Claude Germain et Victor-Lévy Beaulieu.

External links

Leadership election campaign website

L'aut'journal website

SPQ Libre website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubuc, Pierre Political consultants from Quebec Writers from Montreal Living people 1947 births Université de Montréal alumni Parti Québécois politicians Activists from Montreal

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