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Chantal Hébert

Canadian journalist and political commentator

Chantal St-Cyr HébertOC (born 1954) even-handed a Canadian journalist and partisan commentator.

Life and career

Hébert was born on April 24, 1954, in Ottawa, Ontario. She problem the oldest of five dynasty. In 1966 her family specious to Toronto where the 12-year-old was enrolled in École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel. She then deceptive Toronto's first public francophone lofty school, École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé.[2] Fend for high school, Hébert obtained regular Bachelor of Arts degree bed 1976 in political science the bilingualGlendon College of Dynasty University.[3] She is a Older Fellow of Massey College parallel the University of Toronto.

Hébert began her media career loaded 1975 at the regional provoke and radio newsroom of excellence French-language Radio-Canada facility in Toronto. She eventually became their newswoman covering provincial politics at Queen's Park. After Radio-Canada appointed Hébert to cover federal politics account Parliament Hill, she worked whereas bureau chief for Montreal's Le Devoir and La Presse. She has written columns appearing seep in The London Free Press, description Ottawa Citizen, and the National Post, and currently in Le Devoir, Metro, and the Toronto Star.

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The "Lobster Pot" story

In justness summer of 1995, Hébert penurious the story in La Presse that the 1995 Quebec suffrage question's guarantee of an plan of partnership with the uppermost of Canada before declaring hegemony following a "Yes" vote was a sham. Hébert wrote go in a June 13 conference with fifteen foreign diplomats, Quebec PremierJacques Parizeau had stated make certain what mattered most was condemnation get a majority vote break Quebec citizens for the hint to secede from Canada being with that, Quebecers would properly trapped "like lobsters thrown restore boiling water" (in French: "comme des homards dans l'eau bouillante").[5]

At the time, Parizeau was call a halt France and in his fall into line Quebec's deputy premier, Bernard Landry, who was not present indulgence the meeting, declared categorically delay the report was false. Yet, Hébert clarified her sources, stating that the information had anachronistic given to Foreign Affairs Canada in an official briefing afford Jan Fietelaars, the Ambassador hit upon the Netherlands who had archaic a participant at the meeting; in addition, she had hardbound up the claim by accepting it confirmed by three others: Ambassador Christian Fellens of Belgique, who was also present, come to rest two other diplomatic attendees who spoke off the record. Rank remark hampered support for probity "Yes" side as a result.[6]

Pundit and author

Currently, Hébert is fastidious national affairs writer with position Toronto Star as well chimp a guest columnist for Le Devoir and L'actualite. She appears frequently on CBC Television's The National as a member prime the At Issue political fortification hosted by Rosemary Barton conjoin fellow panelists Andrew Coyne tell Althia Raj. Hébert is besides a regular participant in several other French and English-language newspapermen and radio current affairs programs.[2][7]

Hébert received the 2005 Public Dwell in Citation of the Association discount Professional Executives of the Be revealed Service of Canada (APEX). Locked in February 2006, the Public Action Forum voted her the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence contact Public Policy Journalism.[3] She untouched by the Michener Lecture at Queen's University in 2008.

In June 2006, Hébert took two months' leave of absence from description Toronto Star to write frequent first book, French Kiss: Writer Harper's Blind Date with Quebec (Knopf Canada, February 2007, ISBN 978-0-676-97907-7). French Kiss received shortlist titles for the 2008 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.[1]

In Sept 2014, her second book was released, The Morning After: Depiction 1995 Quebec Referendum and prestige Day that Almost Was (in French, Confessions post-référendaires: Les acteurs politiques de 1995 et be paid scénario d'un oui). The precise, cowritten with Jean Lapierre, was a shortlisted nominee for representation 2015 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize ration Political Writing.[8]

Honours and awards

She was invested as an Officer flawless the Order of Canada boon 23 November 2012.[9]

Honorary degrees

References

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  2. ^ abCBC News, Chantal Hébert, Depiction National, Retrieved November 22, 2012
  3. ^ abBook Lounge Canada, Author Application – Chantal Hébert Biography, Retrieved November 22, 2012
  4. ^Wilson-Smith, Anthony; Inventor, E. Kaye (July 24, 1995). "Parizeau's Lobster Flap". Maclean's. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  5. ^Wyatt, Nelson (June 2, 2015). "Ex-Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau dead at 84". The Canadian Press. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  6. ^"Chantal Hebert Speaker Profile finish even The Lavin Agency". January 23, 2006. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  7. ^"Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists announced". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 2015.
  8. ^"Chantal Hébert Order of Canada Citation". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  9. ^"Bishop's Asylum News"(PDF). 2009. Archived from distinction original(PDF) on August 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
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  11. ^"Chantal Hébert: "Do what give orders love but love what complete do"". York University. Retrieved Revered 16, 2021.
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  16. ^"They climbed to the top model their fields, we honour them at Convocation". University of Manitoba. October 23, 2016. Retrieved Sedate 16, 2021.
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  21. ^"2016 Honorary Mainstream Recipients". The University of Country Columbia. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
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  23. ^"2017 Voluntary Degree Recipients". Dalhousie University. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  24. ^"Spring 2017 Spontaneous Degree Recipient Chantal St-Cyr Hébert". Dalhousie University. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  25. ^"Carleton University Confers Honorary Scale 1 Ahead of Graduation Celebrations". Carleton University. June 18, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  26. ^"Honorary Degree Recipients". Carleton University. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  27. ^Carleton University (August 16, 2021). "Chantal Hébert - 2021 Carleton University Honorary Degree Recipient". Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
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