Gérald Larose

Gérald Larose (17/12/2009)

Gérald Larose (born October 24, 1945) is a Quebec activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. He is currently head of the Conseil de la Souveraineté du Québec,^[1] a Quebec independence organization.

Larose defended Jacques Godbout's novel Une histoire américaine in Le Combat des livres, the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on the radio of Société Radio-Canada in 2004. He was awarded the title of Patriote de l'année ("Patriot of the Year") by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 1996.

References

1. (Fr)Pierre, Samuel, Ces Québécois venus d'Haïti, (2007), 395.