Bernard Drainville

Bernard Drainville MNA (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ dʁɛ̃vil]; born June 6, 1963) is a Canadian politician, television host and journalist.

He hosted the City of Montreal mayoral debate between Gérald Tremblay and Pierre Bourque during the 2005 municipal election campaign.

He was responsible for introducing the controversial Quebec Charter of Values, which would have banned state employees from wearing religious symbols.

[2] On October 20, 2014, he declared his candidacy for the Parti Québécois leadership election[3] but dropped out on April 22, 2015, and endorsed Pierre-Karl Péladeau.

He is going back to work in the media, co-hosting with Éric Duhaime a noon hour radio show on FM93 in Quebec City.