Jean Paré wrote many books and also translated the work of many Anglo-Canadian writers, including Marshall McLuhan and Michael Ignatieff, former leader of the Canadian liberal party.
The purpose of this new monthly newspaper, born from the merger of Le Magazine Maclean and Actualité, is to give information about the political, economic, cultural and social news from here and elsewhere.
Jean Paré had succeeded to Louis Martin at the head of Le Magazine Maclean in April 1975 and had immediately set himself the task of creating a lasting newspaper with both of those struggling publications.
The other, Actualité, was the property of Claude Martin, a gallery-owner in Drummondville, and was founded around the same time by a group of influential Montrealers, among them Lucien Saulnier, town-councilor.
While Le Magazine Maclean had been the loyal companion of the quiet revolution during the 60s, L’actualité became the witness of the new orientations of Quebec society and of the success of the new young generation.