One year later, he would be called to the bar. While at law school, he would become close friends with a fellow student who would have a massive impact on his life, Brian Mulroney. The two men became extremely close friends in a friendship that would last decades. Bouchard would state quote:. His father was an electrician, while mine was a truck driver. That marks people you know. It was also at Laval that Bouchard became a prominent NDP activist in the area, and the editor of the newspaper.
One friend would state quote:. He was the one who impressed us all as someone who would be a great success in any career he chose. He is blessed with a superior intellect. Bouchard had hoped to study in France and become a professor of economics, but money was tight, and he had to cut his pursuit of more degrees on hold. On Oct. He would then marry Audrey and have two children with her.
For the next two decades, Bouchard would practice law in Quebec, while also serving in the public sector several times in a variety of roles.
He was the president of the arbitration committee for the education sector from to , the prosecutor in chief for the commission for labour and industry from to , and the co-president of the study commission on the public and parapublic sectors in His appointment as a counsel for the commission into the violence in the Quebec labour scene was thanks to his friendship with Mulroney.
His appointment came at the perfect time for Bouchard. He had left a Liberal law firm in after joining the Parti Quebecois, and his new law practice was struggling before the appointment came. His interest in politics was growing at this time, beginning in when the Quebec October Crisis and the implementation of the War Measures Act by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau served as a spark for his interest and belief in Quebec sovereignty. In , the Parti Quebecois won the general election in Quebec and Bouchard would become the chief negotiator for the government with the , public servants who worked for the provincial government.
In , he would work for the Yes side in the Quebec referendum over its independence. Now I regret that we said no, it was a blow to Quebec. If we had succeeded, it would have been a great idea. Since we lost, it was not. One year after Mulroney became prime minister, he appointed Bouchard as the Ambassador to France, a role Bouchard would remain in until This post came not only because of his friendship with Mulroney, but because he led Mulroney away from a centralized federalist approach, similar to that of Trudeau, and pushed him towards decentralizing federalism.
Bouchard would respond, quote:. He would then add that there was no contradiction to serve his country while also believing, quote:. For Bouchard, he saw his post in France of realizing his earlier dream of living in France and studying Economics. He would state quote:. I knew I could do it. If we have differences, and we do, we must settle them here, not in Paris.
It is just common sense. Bouchard was elected president and leader of this new federal political party during the founding meeting held on 15 June in Sorel-Tracy. In the October general elections, the Bloc easily won the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean, which Bouchard had won as a Conservative in He led the Bloc to an extraordinary result of Lucien Bouchard ultimately opted for the premiership, and in January he gave up his seat in the House of Commons.
Bernard Landry , Minister of Finance, succeeded him on 8 March Lucien Bouchard is the author of several specialized articles on law and labour relations. In it, Bouchard openly discusses the basics and the challenges of being in politics, including media relations, public speaking, compromise and how power is valued.
Bouchard faced a serious health scare in November , when doctors discovered that his left leg had been infected with necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly known as flesh-eating disease. The rare disease, which can be caused by several different bacteria, is often fatal and requires immediate treatment. Pierre McNicoll. Eugen Nilsson. Kazimierz Opalinski. Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov.
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