Joseph Facal
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Joseph Facal (born March 12, 1961 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former Quebec MNA and cabinet minister. He is an academic and writer.
He first tried to get elected in the general elecion of 1989 in the Laurier-Dorion riding.
He was a former minister serving under Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry, as minister of inter-governmental affairs and Treasury affairs. He is also a former president of PQ's youth association.
He is known to represent the right wing of the Parti Québécois.
He was MNA for the constituency of Fabre in Laval, Quebec between 1994 and 2003. He did not run in 2003.
He is currently a professor at HEC Montréal and a columnist at the Journal de Montréal.
Facal was a potential candidate at the 2005 PQ leadership race, but did not run and became a top advisor to candidate Pauline Marois.
He endorsed the manifesto "Pour un Québec lucide" with several other Quebec public notables, including Lucien Bouchard.
His sister, Carole Facal, is a singer with the band Dobacaracol.
[edit] Publications
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. L'école du public choice et la croissance de l'État [microforme] / par Joseph Facal. -- [Montréal : Service des archives, Université de Montréal, Section Microfilm], 1987. M.A. thesis.
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Le déclin du fédéralisme canadien / Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : VLB éditeur, 2001. ISBN 2890057607
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Changement social et transformations d'une identité collective : le cas des Québécois de l'après-guerre à aujourd'hui / par Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : HEC Montréal, Direction de la recherche, 2005.
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Social policy and intergovernmental relations in Canada : understanding the failure of SUFA from a Quebec perspective / par Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : HEC Montréal, Direction de la recherche, 2005.
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Social policy and intergovernmental relations in Canada : understanding the failure of SUFA from a Quebec perspective / Joseph Facal. -- Regina : Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2005. ISBN 0773105220
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Éléments introductifs pour une sociologie de l'État / par Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : HEC Montréal, Direction de la recherche, 2005.
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. La croissance des dépenses publiques dans les pays de l'OCDE : que valent les explications par les théories néo-institutionnelles du choix rationnel? / par Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : HEC Montréal, Direction de la recherche, 2006.
- Facal, Joseph, 1961-. Volonté politique et pouvoir médical : la naissance de l'assurance maladie au Québec et aux États-Unis / Joseph Facal. -- Montréal : Boréal, 2006. ISBN-13 9782764604717 , ISBN 2764604718
