Though Hénault did not sign the anti-establishment document, he shared the condemnation directed at its writers by the powers-that be, and decades later watched as Refus Global was hailed as the invention of modern Quebec culture. Ironically, Hénault became for five years the director of the Musée d'art contemporain.
Bien qu’il n’ait pas signé le document contestataire, il dénonçait lui aussi la condamnation de ses auteurs par les pouvoirs en place, et a pu voir ce manifeste devenir, plusieurs années plus tard, le symbole de la naissance de la culture québécoise moderne.