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Roch Carrier (1937-) is the author of the iconic short story “The Hockey Sweater” which is as famous and iconic as Stompin’ Tom Connor’s “Hockey Song.” It was so culturally basic that a line from it was illustrated on the old $5 Canadian bills. Carrier himself was born in Sainte-Justine, PQ, and is one of the best-known PQ writers in English Canada. In his youth, he studied at the Sorbonne and eventually became head of the Canada Council from 1994-1997.