Guy Bouthillier taught political science at the Université de Montréal for thirty years. He holds a law degree from McGill University and a PhD from the Sorbonne (Paris). Édouard Cloutier is honorary professor of political science at the Université de Montréal. He holds a PhD from the University of Rochester. Édouard Cloutier is a former co-editor of the Canadian Political Science Review and former president of the Société québécoise de science politique.