▁swing ▁vot ers ▁in ▁the ▁refer endum . ▁Luci enne ▁Rob ill ard , ▁a ▁national ist ▁former ▁Bour assa - era ▁cabinet ▁minister , ▁would ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁federal ▁Liberal ▁representative ▁on ▁the ▁" No " ▁committee . ▁Jean ▁Char est , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Progress ive ▁Conserv ative ▁Party , ▁would ▁be ▁prom in ently ▁featured , ▁as ▁he ▁and ▁the ▁PC s ▁had ▁closely ▁and ▁product ively ▁co oper ated ▁with ▁the ▁Quebec ▁Liber als ▁in ▁the ▁Me ech ▁Lake ▁negoti ations . ▁ ▁F ear ing ▁mis steps ▁by ▁polit icians ▁not ▁used ▁to ▁Quebec ▁that ▁had ▁occurred ▁during ▁the ▁Me ech ▁Lake ▁and ▁Char l ott et own ▁deb ates , ▁Johnson ▁and ▁the ▁campaign ▁heavily ▁controlled ▁appearances ▁by ▁Federal ▁polit icians , ▁including ▁Chr ét ien . ▁Johnson ▁bl unt ly ▁b anned ▁any ▁appearance ▁by ▁the ▁Reform ▁Party ▁or ▁its ▁leader , ▁Pr eston ▁Mann ing . ▁This ▁would ▁go ▁un ch alleng ed ▁by ▁Ott awa ▁for ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁campaign , ▁but ▁created ▁much ▁fr ustration ▁within ▁the ▁gover ning ▁Liber als ▁in ▁Ott awa . ▁Prom inent ▁Chr ét ien ▁advis er ▁Edd ie ▁Golden berg ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁" No " ▁campaign ▁at ▁some ▁points ▁was ▁more ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁future ▁election ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁Quebec ▁Liber als ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁refer endum ▁itself . ▁ ▁Early ▁days ▁ ▁The ▁campaign ▁officially ▁began ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁with ▁a ▁tele vised ▁address ▁by