Robidas joined Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal during World War II and saw action as an infantryman in Belgium, France, and Germany.
[4] Robidas proposed the "twinning" of francophone and anglophone municipalities across Canada in the late 1960s, as a means of fostering better relations between the communities during an increasingly tense period.
[6] In 1981, Robidas spoke against a suggestion by Montreal politician Yvon Lamarre that the Quebec government restrict municipalities from approving new shopping centres on the grounds that such retail stores would lead to the deterioration of urban cores.
Robidas was quoted as saying, "I daresay the rest of the other towns [i.e., outside of Montreal and Quebec City wouldn't agree to give up such rights.
[10] The original plan was opposed by environmental groups and ultimately rejected by the provincial government, though a modified version of the proposal was accepted the following year.
[15] In 1995, Robidas was appointed by the newly elected Parti Québécois government of Jacques Parizeau to head a regional commission in Montérégie on Quebec sovereignty.
"[21] In 2000, he described his views on Quebec sovereignty in the following terms: "Since I was a student of social and political sciences at Université de Montréal, I realized the central government had taken over provincial areas of jurisdictions, as defined by the British North America Act.