the Franc-tireurs is a television program of topicality diffused on TV-Quebec. It exists since 1998. At the beginning, it was animated by Laurent Saulnier, Richard Martineau and Benoit Dutrizac. Laurent Saulnier having left after 2 seasons, the concept passed to two organizers. Benoit Dutrizac is congédié in 2005 to have publicly criticized the direction of TV-Quebec to the emission Everyone speaks about it. The journalist Patrick Lagacé replaces it since.

Treating discussed files most of the time, they are recognized to approach them with humor and incisive tone.