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Michel Bourdon (September 19, 1943–November 29, 2004) was a union leader, journalist, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. During the 1970s, he played a major role in exposing corrupt practices in Quebec's construction industry. He later served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1996 as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ). Bourdon was married for a time to Louise Harel, herself a prominent Quebec politician. The pair had an amiable divorce and remained political allies in the years that followed.〔Hubert Bauch, "Klein marvels at things he has in common with Bouchard," ''Montreal Gazette'', 5 February 1996, A5.〕 Their daughter, Catherine Harel-Bourdon, became chair of the ''Commission scolaire de Montréal'' in 2013. ==Early life and career== Bourdon was born in Montreal and began working as a journalist with the ''Nouveau Journal'' at age sixteen. He later edited the ''Quartier Libre'' while attending the ''Université de Montréal''. He joined Radio-Canada in 1966 as a French-language television news reporter and subsequently became president of the ''Syndicat général du cinéma et de la télévision''. In 1968, he was the primary spokesperson for a group of Radio-Canada journalists who went on strike to support a television reporter suspended for allegedly showing "anti-police bias" in reporting on the 1968 St-Jean-Baptiste Day riots.〔Ronald Lebel, "News blackout continues on CBC's French network as strike stalemated," ''Globe and Mail'', 27 June 1968, p. 1.〕 Bourdon and four other journalists later were given five-day suspensions for refusing to work during Radio-Canada's coverage of the 1968 Canadian federal election, which took place the day after the riots.〔Leslie Millin, "Newsmen suspended for news blackout," ''Globe and Mail'', 14 August 1968, p. 5.〕 Bourdon was fired from Radio-Canada during the 1970 FLQ Crisis for "insubordination," after publicly accusing the station of censorship in its coverage of the event.〔"Radio-Canada suspends newsman who participated in teach-in," ''Globe and Mail'', 4 November 1970, p. 4; "Two reporters fired by CBC for criticism," ''Globe and Mail'', 10 November 1970, p. 8; Dominique Clément, "The October Crisis of 1970: Human Rights Abuses Under the War Measures Act," ''Journal of Canadian Studies'', Spring 2008, pp. 160-186.〕〔Alan Hustak, "'A great Quebecer in his soul and in his heart'," ''Montreal Gazette'', 30 November 2004, A10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michel Bourdon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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