Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 29, 1987
• Invested on: October 28, 1987

Not content to rest on his laurels as an established poet and winner of the prestigious Prix Athanase-David du Québec, this Montrealer has had, for over thirty years, a tremendous influence on Radio-Canada's cultural programming and has performed his duties as President of the Académie canadienne-française with remarkable diligence.