L'Action nationale
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L'Action nationale is a French-language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 monthly published in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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The magazine publishes critical analysis of Quebec's linguistic, social, cultural and economic realities. Since 1917, some 17,000 authors have appeared in it, including such Quebec intellectuals such as André Laurendeau
André Laurendeau
Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada. He is usually referred to as André Laurendeau. He was active in Québécois life, in various spheres and capacities, for three decades...

, Pierre Vadeboncoeur, Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...

, Lionel Groulx
Lionel Groulx
Lionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield...

, Marcel Rioux, Richard Ares
Richard Arès
Richard Arès, was a French Canadian humanist and writer.Born in Marieville, Quebec, the son of Georges Arès and Dorila Théberge, he was ordained a Jesuit Priest in 1944...

, Fernand Dumont
Fernand Dumont
Fernand Dumont was a québécois sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet.Dumont was born in Montmorency, Quebec.Dumont died in Quebec.-External links:*...

 and Esdras Minville
Esdras Minville
Esdras Minville was a Quebec writer, economist and sociologist. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Université de Montréal, and was the first French-Canadian to serve as head of HEC Montréal...

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The current director of the magazine is Robert Laplante.

External links

  • Website of L'Action nationale
  • L'Action nationale, 1933-2005, full online access to all issues from 1933 to 2005 through the Web site of the BAnQ
    BANQ
    BANQ may refer to:* Banq , a variant of the word "bank"* Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec , the National Library and Archives of Quebec, Canada...

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