Francine Pelletier (born c. 1955) is a journalist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
[1] After the École Polytechnique massacre on December 6, 1989, in which 14 women were murdered by Marc Lepine, she lobbied for the public release of the gunman's suicide letter.
It was leaked to her on November 22, 1990, and was subsequently published in La Presse.
[2] She has been a commentator on the PBS program, The Editors, and has worked as a correspondent for CBC Television on The National Magazine and as a co-host of The Fifth Estate.
Since leaving the CBC, Pelletier has become a documentary filmmaker, having produced Monsieur, a film about former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau.