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He is the brother of noted historian Gérard Bouchard , and a recipient of the title of Commander of the FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Legion of Honour.
Bouchard graduated from Jonquière Classical College in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, and obtained a Bachelor's degree in social science and a law degree at Laval UniversityMotto: Deo favente haud pluribus impar ( Latin: "With God's help, to no one equal" Founded 1663 School type Public Rector Michel Pigeon Location Quebec, Quebec Enrollment 28,902 undergrad, 8,689 grad (2003) Campus surroundings Suburban, park Campus size 1 in 1964Events January January 1 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Ort.
He worked for the federalistQuebec federalism in regards to the future of the Quebec people, defends the concept of Quebec remaining within Canada as opposed to Quebec sovereigntism, proponent of Quebec independence (most often, but not for all followers, along with an economic unio Liberal Party of Quebec's campaign of 1970, but became a sovereignist shortly after. This change was the result, in part, of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's imposition of martial law during the October Crisis. He was a great admirer of Premier René Lévesque, who later made an habit of quoting Lévesque in speeches.
Bouchard worked with the "Yes" side during the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty. In 1985, he was appointed ambassador to France by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, a then close friend of his whom he had met in Laval University. He joined Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government in 1988 as Secretary of State and later Minister of the Environment, and served until 1990. While still a strong Quebec nationalist, he converged with Mulroney on the belief that, with a new constitutional arrangement, Quebec's position within Canada could be improved. His stance of the 1980s, endorsing renewed federalism instead of separatism, has been called a symptom of the "Post-Referendum Syndrome" that existed among Quebec nationalists at that time.