Alain Dubuc is a journalist and an economist from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a columnist for Montreal's La Presse, Quebec City's Le Soleil and five other dailies in Quebec. He is a notable advocate of centre-right fiscal politics and federalism in Quebec.
Alain Dubuc is the son of journalist Carl Dubuc. He earned a French baccalaureat at Collège Stanislas, an elite Roman Catholic private school. He went on to earn a master's degree in economics at the Université de Montréal.
From 1973 to 1976, he was researcher in econometrics for the Université de Montréal. In 1976, he became a La Presse columnist specialized in economics. From 1985 to 1988, he also hosted the weekly television show Questions d'argent on Radio-Québec (now Télé-Québec) on economics and personal finances. Dubuc was appointed chief editorialist of La Presse in 1988, a position he held until 2001, when he was succeeded by André Pratte.
In 2001, he was appointed president and editor of Le Soleil, a position he held until 2004. He has written about the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in Time Magazine.