[3] In 1990, Laurin co-authored a public letter with Francine Lalonde and two other Quebec nationalist figures.
They called for a renewed promotion of French in public schools, in a way that would recognize also the legitimate concerns of immigrant communities.
Shortly after taking this position, she made a public statement against both bilingualism and multiculturalism.
She said that her group opposed multiculturalism because "it means we pay for people to conserve their culture and then they live in ghettos.
[2] Associated with the left-wing of the Parti Québécois, Laurin was openly skeptical of Andre Boisclair's leadership in 2005.