Benoît Pelletier is the most important voice for the federalist idea in Quebec today. He recently held three senior Quebec Cabinet portfolios; he is a potential successor to Liberal premier Jean Charest or Liberal Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff. Pelletier writes from his current position as a constitutional law professor who enjoys large followings in the broader Quebec public and the academy.
In Une certaine idée du Québec. Parcours d’un fédéraliste. De la réflexion à l’action, Pelletier provides a tour of the past, present and future of Quebec’s place in Canada and on the world stage. His vision is shaped by assessments of the engines driving Quebec’s future: Canada’s federal system, central institutions, devolution of power and the place of minorities in Quebec.
Pelletier shows why he believes that...
Joseph Eliot Magnet, FRSC, is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. He is the author or editor of 18 books on constitutional law, most recently The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms after Twenty-Five Years (Butterworths, 2009). He is counsel to governments, corporations, First Nations and minority groups.
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