Former publisher and editorialist for Le Droit, he used this forum to spearhead efforts to save the French-language Hôpital Montfort and to establish the Fondation de La Cité collégiale in Ontario. He also championed French-language education as director general of the Réseau des cégeps et des collèges francophones du Canada. In addition, he has also dedicated himself to numerous other organizations, including the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Michener Awards Foundation, which he chaired.