According to historian Denis Vaugeois, when it comes to the history of the Maurice Duplessis government, people have been making up stories for the last six decades. In politics, the generally accepted image of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec is that of a society crushed by a ubiquitous Catholic Church, complicit with a corrupt Union Nationale government. The 1960 rise to power of Jean Lesage's Liberal Party was what put an end to that powerful alliance and allowed Quebec to enter modernity. Could it be that the Catholic clergy's political leanings differed from this popular conception, and...

According to historian Denis Vaugeois, when it comes to the history of the Maurice Duplessis government, people have been making up stories for the last six decades. In politics, the generally accepted image of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec is that of a society crushed by a ubiquitous Catholic Church, complicit with a corrupt Union Nationale government. The 1960 rise to power of Jean Lesage's Liberal Party was what put an end to that powerful alliance and allowed Quebec to enter modernity. Could it be that the Catholic clergy's political leanings differed from this popular conception, and...