Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2018-11-19
Invested on: 2019-09-04
Daniel Lessard, C.M.
Saint-Benjamin, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario
A rigorous correspondent and talented popularizer, Daniel Lessard has covered the major political and social events that have marked our country over the past 40 years. As creator and host of the program “Les coulisses du pouvoir,” he offered political commentary that enabled his fellow citizens to take enlightened democratic action. With an eye to the future of his profession, he mentors younger generations. He is also the successful author of several historical novels set in his native Beauce.