Mathieu Bock-Côté

Mathieu Bock-Côté
Bock-Côté in Quebec City, 2017
BornAugust 20, 1980 (1980-08-20) (age 45)
Lorraine, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversité de Montréal (BA)
Université du Québec à Montréal (MA, PhD)
Known forQuebec nationalism, Quebec sovereignty movement, cultural conservatism, social conservatism, free speech, criticism of multiculturalism
Scientific career
FieldsPhilosophy
Sociology
ThesisLa mutation de la gauche et la recomposition du champ politique occidental : 1968–2010 (2013)
Doctoral advisorJacques Beauchemin

Mathieu Bock-Côté (French: [matjø bɔk kote]; born August 20, 1980), often referred to by his initials MBC, is a Canadian sociologist, essayist, public intellectual, and conservative political commentator who resides in Paris, where he appears as a television and radio personality.[1][2]

Bock-Côté, a noted columnist at Le Journal de Montréal, is known for his work on and criticism of multiculturalism and immigration.[3][4] He strongly supports the Quebec sovereignty movement.[5]

Career

Academic career

An alumnus of the Université de Montréal (UdeM) and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), from which he received his PhD, Bock-Côté worked at the Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) as a chargé de cours (lecturer), a position he holds at UdeM's HEC Montréal.[6]

Media career

Bock-Côté worked as a columnist for 24 Hours before being hired by Le Journal de Montréal by his friend and owner Pierre Karl Péladeau.[7] His open letters have been published in newspapers such as La Presse and Le Devoir. When he resided in Montreal, he was a frequent guest on television shows on Télé-Québec and Le Canal Nouvelles. In France, his columns are published by Le Figaro.[8]

In 2021, Bock-Côté moved to Paris as he was recruited by CNews to participate in a Saturday weekly political show hosted by Thomas Lequertier, in which he debates about public affairs with a guest. In parallel, he appeared as a guest on some of the channel's other programs.[1] Bock-Côté also has a ten-minute morning radio column on Europe 1 four times a week titled "La Carte blanche de Mathieu Bock-Côté".[2] He has become an attentive follower of French politics, stating: "France is a fascinating intellectual and political laboratory."[9]

Political activism

Best known for his advocacy of Quebec nationalism and free speech, Bock-Côté is a prominent critic of multiculturalism, anationalism, and political correctness. Politically a sovereignist and nationalist, Bock-Côté identifies as a conservative and is a critic of cancel culture.[10] He has been described as a "conservative republican".[11] His approach on Quebec independence differs from previous Parti Québécois politicians such Rene Levesque and Gerald Godin[12]. While, his approach on Quebec Nationalism has been described that it is not civic or inclusive.[13] He alongside Jean Francois Lisee are cited for influencing the PQ from moving away from their history towards identity nationalism.[14] In April 2012, he participated in Réseau Liberté-Québec conference located in Levis which was organized by Eric Duhaime.[15][16] In 2019, the Quebec premier François Legault was said to be a reader of his book The Empire of Political Correctness.[17] He also was invited by the CAQ youth wing to address them that same year.[13]

Bock-Côté has been criticized for twisting information on multiple occasions to push his viewpoints.[18] In Quebec, his critics see him as a radical conservative,[19] and he has frequently been accused by them of trying to mainstream the Great Replacement conspiracy theory[20][21] and of miscontextualizing former Quebec Premier René Lévesque's view on immigration.[22]

Personal life

Bock-Côté is married to journalist, animator, and producer Karima Brikh. He met her on the show she was hosting.[23]

Works

  • The Identity City (2007)
  • The Quiet Denationalization (2007)
  • End of cycle (2012)
  • Political exercises (2013)
  • Multiculturalism as a political religion (2016)
  • The New Regime (2017)
  • The Empire of Political Correctness (2019)
  • The Racialist Revolution, and Other Ideological Viruses (2021)

References

  1. ^ a b "Mathieu Bock-Côté recruté en France", Le Journal de Montréal (in French), August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "La Carte blanche de Mathieu Bock-Côté" on Europe 1.
  3. ^ "Macpherson: Why Mathieu Bock-Côté matters in Quebec". montrealgazette.
  4. ^ Jonathan Montpetit (August 4, 2019). "François Legault endorsed a book by a hardline conservative. Here's why that matters" on www.cbc.ca.
  5. ^ "Mathieu Bock-Côté: "Le Québec souverain, défaite et résistance"". LEFIGARO (in French). 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  6. ^ Mathieu Bock-Côté, « Mélancolie conservatrice », Le Figaro, samedi 29 / dimanche 30 avril 2017, page 16.
  7. ^ "Mathieu Bock-Côté, la doublure d'Eric Zemmour sur CNews" (in French). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  8. ^ Mathieu Bock-Côté columns on Le Figaro.
  9. ^ "Mathieu Bock-Côté : "La France est un laboratoire intellectuel et politique fascinant"", France Inter (in French), February 19, 2018.
  10. ^ "Une importante alliance contre la cancel culture". 23 October 2021., Le Journal de Montréal.
  11. ^ Louis Cornellier, « Mathieu Bock-Côté, le conservateur républicain », Le Devoir, November 9, 2013. Retrieved on November 9, 2013.
  12. ^ Laprise, Maxime (2025-12-03). "Mon René Lévesque est plus fort que le tien". Pivot (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  13. ^ a b "Macpherson: Why Mathieu Bock-Côté matters in Quebec". montrealgazette. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  14. ^ Gagnon, Lysiane (2013-12-03). "Qu'aurait dit René Lévesque?". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  15. ^ Harper, Sam (2022-09-03). "Duhaime le libertarien, du Réseau Liberté-Québec au PCQ". Pivot (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  16. ^ "Mathieu Bock-Côté au colloque de Réseau Liberté-Québec". Actualités, évènements et entrevues (in French). 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  17. ^ Steve Rukavina (November 30, 2020). "Booksellers association backtracks after erasing premier's literary picks" on www.cbc.ca.
  18. ^ Hachey, Isabelle (2024-01-27). "Tordre la vérité avec Bock-Côté". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  19. ^ Kelly, Brendan (August 14, 2019). "Profile: Why do so many people love to hate columnist Mathieu Bock-Côté?". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  20. ^ "Le grand n'importe quoi du " grand remplacement "". Les Jours (in French). 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  21. ^ "'Culture of Solidarity': Premier Legault's 'Catholicism' tweet sparks controversy". ctvnews. The Canadian Press. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  22. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique- (2025-11-23). "Héritage de René Lévesque : Pauline Marois veut qu'on donne l'heure juste". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  23. ^ "Histoires de couples : Mathieu Bock-Côté et Karima Brikh | Médium large | ICI Radio-Canada Première". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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