Jean-Marie Lapointe, son of the late Jean Lapointe, was on the set of “Le Monde à l’envers” on Friday evening.
The entertainer died at 9:55 a.m. on Friday at the Maison Saint-Raphael at the age of 86.
Jean-Marie Lapointe, who was a five-minute drive from the house at the time of the death, told Stephen Biro on Friday evening that his father felt death was imminent, but he was not concerned.
“He wanted to stay a little longer. Dad didn’t talk much at the end, he was suffering from dementia and he had a lot of health problems. […] This little time lasted a few days at last, and it helped Mercedes, his spouse, to prepare even more for my father’s departure because they were close,” he said emotionally.
“Dad had a great humility and a great vulnerability to question himself, but he loved us and we never doubted it”, and Jean-Marie Lapointe underlined.
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TVA will air an unreleased 2014 interview between father and son this Sunday after the “revolution.” The latter questioned her at the time, knowing that the broadcast would take place only after her father’s death.
A look back at the Lacroix affair and a one-on-one with Francine Pelletier
The week’s contributors, Sophie Durocher, Raed Hammoud, Biss, and Judith Lussier, had a lively discussion about cancellation culture and the new details revealed in Isabelle Hatchey’s article. Pres.
Serge Tenoncourt, the week’s guest, lamented that the article in question opened a door to “machos” and all those who refused to believe the victims, while Raed Hammoud underscored the virtues of restorative justice and dialogue. Load on one side or the other.
Journalist and columnist Francine Pelletier, the evening’s first guest, emphasized for her part that Julien Lacroix was “not a rapist with a capital V, and not a victim with a capital V.”
“It is true that there are slippages [dans ce genre d’affaires] We must condemn them,” he said.
She later recalled what to retain from an article published in Pres This week, “It’s disgusting behavior on the part of many men”.
The journalist, who had been writing columns in “Le Devoir” since 2013, suddenly announced his resignation in January 2022 after an article that questioned the consensus on health measures to fight against COVID-19 and vaccines.
“It was too much of a column,” she said from the show’s chair Friday night, adding that while she was aware of his polarizing views, she didn’t expect a furore.
Ms. According to Pelletier, a reluctance has settled in our communities during this period, and any question that raises their hand sends the person directly into the “crazy” camp, especially after the CHSLD Heron debacle.
“The vaccine issue is the Holy Grail. […] Do we have the right to ask questions in the face of pharmaceutical companies making themselves very rich with these popular vaccines,” he said.
He also condemned the institutionalization of censorship, where at the slightest complaint, academic, university or media authorities shut up shop and impose censorship. “It’s worrying,” he added.
A collection of his diaries, “The Art of getting wet: Chronicles to feed the debate”, is published these days by Éditions Écosociété.
Encore Television and Fun Media Inc. An unreleased interview with Lapointes, co-produced and directed by Pierre Seguin in association with Quebecor content, is now available on TVA+. It airs Sundays at 9:05 PM on TVA.
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