 Sauvé then became a founding member of the Institute of Political Research and was hired as a journalist and broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French-language broadcaster, Radio-Canada.After success on her first radio programme, "Fémina", Sauvé was moved to CBC television and focused her efforts on covering political topics on both radio and television, in both English and French.She soon drew attention to herself and was frequently invited by her friend Gérard Pelletier as a panellist on the controversial show "Les Idées en Marche", there revealing her left-wing political ideologies.