sentences:  Although Bourassa owned shares in the newspaper, he refrained from becoming active in its administration and, fearing his byline would imply his tacit approval of all its positions, quickly stopped contributing articles to it.The first issue was published on March 6, 1904 and Asselin assumed the presidency of the newspaper until 1908.It was an important part of the political debates in Quebec until the foundation in 1910 of Bourassa's "Le Devoir" newspaper, to which Asselin contributed for two months before tendering his resignation.