Patrick Lagacé

In February 2019 he became involved in controversy surrounding Ensaf Haidar, wife of blogger, Raif Haidar, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia. He criticised Mrs Haidar for associating with any critics of Islam or the Saudi regime. Mrs Haidar said his attack on her, for not kowtowing to the Saudi regime, was bringing danger upon her and her children.

For several months in 2016, Montreal police were monitoring Lagacé’s iPhone to determine the identity of his sources.

In 2006, he won with Richard Martineau, the Gemini prize for Best Animation for a TV magazine. In 2007, Lagacé was nominated for National Newspaper Awards for articles published in La Presse about the Canadian Olympic biathlon champion Myriam Bédard.

He has appeared on a number of radio and television programmes, notably Lapierre et cie on CKAC, Grand journal on TQS, Newsworld on CBC and on LCN. In 2005, he co-hosted the television program Les Francs-tireurs, an opinion program broadcast on the Télé-Québec. He left the program in 2013 citing insurmountable differences between him and his co-host.

Patrick Lagacé also served as co-director of the newspaper of the Professional Federation of Quebec Journalists (FPJQ, 2000-2001) and was in charge of a course in journalism writing.

He has worked in Journal de Montréal from 1999 until 2007 before moving to La Presse in April 2007. He is also a columnist and has an opinion blog online.

Patrick Lagacé (born 1972) is a Canadian columnist and television host who currently publishes columns for La Presse newspaper and hosts a weekly television show on Télé-Québec.