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THE CONVICTIONS OF JEAN CHRÉTIEN (2018)

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THE CONVICTIONS OF JEAN CHRÉTIEN  By Bernard Bujold - The former Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien, completely seduced the guests and the host of the show Tout le monde en parle (Sunday, October 21, 2018).  Chretien was in an extraordinary and flamboyant form as in the good old days. He was coming to tell a few anecdotes about his new book, MY STORIES.  I met the character a few times when we were both in politics, me with Brian Mulroney (1984), and he was always good company. Obviously, we do not have the same political convictions.  His book is very interesting for the anecdotes. For my comfort, I skipped the passages where he speaks against Donald Trump...  I always liked Chrétien's humor, which makes me think as the French side of Donald Trump in English. Both have this comboy allure, which makes them friendly.  But the discovery of the book is that Jean Chrétien claims to have been inspired during his entire political career and for his p...