Chantal

Hébert and Jean Lapierre

Chantal Hébert is a national political affairs columnist for the Toronto Star and a weekly guest columnist in Le Devoir. She is a regular guest on the “At Issue” political panel on CBC Television’s The National. The author of French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date with Quebec, Hébert was the 2006 recipient of the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism. The Morning After was a finalist for the BC National Award for Canadian Nonfiction. She lives in Montreal.

Jean Lapierre was a political analyst with the Quebec television network TVA, CTV, and several Quebec radio stations. A former federal politician, Lapierre served two terms in Parliament and had two cabinet posts, Transport Minister and Minister of Youth and Amateur Sport.

Writers & Books

Videos

Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre on The Morning After

Award History

2014 - Finalist

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

for The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was

Jury Citation

“Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre, a formidable team when it comes to Quebec politics, offer probing interviews with the main players in the 1995 referendum fight. They asked: what would Canada have looked like the morning after a federalist loss? Written clearly and without pretension, their revelations of the consequences are dramatic. Simply put, The Morning After is a great read, providing new insights for those who lived through the referendum – and helping those who did not to understand what was at stake.” – 2014 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Jury (Denise Chong, Terry Galvin, Jane Taber)