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Nine soon-to-be unpaid writers leave HuffPost Quebec before it launches: At least nine writers who were to begin writing for Huffington Post Quebec after its Feb. 8 launch have considered the pros and cons of contributing for free and had a change of heart, according to a Montreal Gazette exclusive published today. The story identifies nine high-profile individuals—Amir Khadir, Steven Guilbeault, Normand Baillargeon, Françoise David, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Jean Barbe, Philippe Couillard, Bernard Drainville, and Pierre Curzi—who have severed ties with HuffPost Quebec, as well as two other prominent contributors who are “on the fence.”
