Honours and Legacy
Pouliot received the Communications Award in the category of Communications Entrepreneurship from the Quebec government in 1988. Pouliot became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990. In 1992, Pouliot was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and in 1997, Concordia University granted him a Doctorate of Laws "Honoris Causa".
Pouliot supported a number of philanthropic causes, most notably the "Telethon of Stars", first broadcast in English and French on CFCF-TV in 1977, benefiting research into children diseases. After the creation of TQS, the Telethon of Stars was simulcast on CFCF-TV and the TQS network. Following the sale of CFCF Inc. and the subsequent divestiture of CFCF-TV to a separate owner, although both TQS and CFCF-TV continue to hold the telethon on the first weekend of December, the two broadcasters produce separate telecasts.
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