Editing Lionel Groulx (section)

===Catholic social teaching===
This Catholic social doctrine later became part of the 1930s [[Action liberale nationale]] (ALN) party, a new party that intellectuals close to Groulx and the defunct Action française appreciated. When [[Maurice Duplessis]]'s victory became apparent, some instead accepted to cooperate with his government and its reforms. But Groulx, and with him a large number of intellectuals, chose to oppose him.

During the [[Second World War]] Groulx, like many Canadien nationalists, spoke in favour of the [[Vichy regime]] of [[Philippe Pétain]], although public statements to this effect remained rare.<ref>Lionel Groulx, ''Constantes de vie'' (Montréal: Fides, 1967), p. 111 and Éric Amyot, ''Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle: Vichy, la France libre et les Canadiens Français'', p. 173 (Editions Fides, 1999)</ref>

Groulx and other intellectuals settled into a partial alliance with [[Liberal Party of Quebec]] leader [[Adelard Godbout]], who served as Premier from 1939 to 1944. They soon broke with him on account of his submission to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|federal Liberals]]. Yet in 1944 they opposed Duplessis  again, this time placing their hopes in another new party, the [[Bloc populaire|Bloc populaire Canadien]], led by [[André Laurendeau]]. Future Montreal Mayor [[Jean Drapeau]] was part of this young party, which soon suffered the same fate as the previous third party, the ALN. After the 1948 election, the Bloc populaire Canadien disappeared.