Shawinigan Handshake - Wikipedia
Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996, by Jean Chrétien, then-Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett. The phrase comes from Chrétien's birthplace of Shawinigan, Quebec, as he often styled himself the "little guy from Shawinigan".
It’s been 25 years since Jean Chretien choked a protester
Feb 19, 2021 · When one protester, Bill Clennett, stood fast in Chretien’s way, the prime minister grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground, breaking one of his teeth.
CBC Archives: Chretien's Shawinigan Handshake, 1996 - YouTube
1996 - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien gets tough when confronted by a protester on Flag Day. The National captures the famous 'Shawinigan Handshake' chokehold,...
JEAN CHRETIEN'S SHAWINIGAN HANDSHAKE FALL-OUT (1996) - YouTube
Prime Minister Jean Chretien executed an effective chokehold on some bell-end protester in 1996 and thus was born the legend of the "Shawinigan Handshake". This extended sequence from...
The prime minister and the protester | CBC
Feb 15, 2019 · Chrétien had been speaking at an event in what was then called Hull, Que., but was being drowned out by protesters angered by cuts to unemployment insurance. To get back to his car, Chrétien...
A Scuffle Reopens Canadian Wounds - The New York Times
Feb 23, 1996 · Mr. Chretien, 62, grabbed the 44-year-old protester at the throat, wrenched the man's head around and shoved him aside. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police security guard then wrestled the...
The PM and the protester - CBC.ca
The PM and the protester. 29 years ago; Archives; Duration 1:22; At a 1996 Flag Day event, Jean Chrétien gets rough with an activist after wading into the crowd.
Chrétien's Throat Hold - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Mar 17, 2003 · But in the space of four seconds last Thursday, the time it took to wrap his bare hands around the neck and chin of a noisy Quebec demonstrator and brusquely flip him aside, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien re-established his credentials as a formidable combatant.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien extends a 'Shawinigan handshake' in …
Chrétien roughs up a protester at a Flag Day event. Aired Feb. 15, 1996 on CBC's The National.
World IN BRIEF : CANADA : Chretien Scuffles With Protester
Feb 16, 1996 · Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien scuffled with a demonstrator in Hull, Quebec, grabbing the man by the neck to push him into the hands of a police officer at a ceremony marking Canada's Flag...