摘要：Ten years after the incident occurred, Gaston Deschênes, a former research director at the Quebec National Assembly, recounts what is now known as the Michaud Affair. On December 14, 2000, in a move that many people later described as impulsive, the National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion denouncing Yves Michaud for making "unacceptable statements toward ethnic communities and, in particular, the Jewish community" in a speech at the Estates General on the French language in Montreal. The motion, unprecedented in a Westminster-style legislature, sparked a flurry of media coverage and ignited a debate that continues to this day over the legitimacy of the National Assembly's actions. The author leads us through the years that followed the incident, a period in which Mr. Michaud constantly sought reparation for what he considered to be a grave injustice against him.
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