Chrétien got his early schooling at a private boys' school in Joliette."Straight From The Heart", by JC, 1985 He then attended Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières. He obtained excellent grades and then studied law at Université Laval, the training ground of the French-Canadian elite.Martin, Lawrence Chrétien: The Will to Win, Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1995 pp. 74–75. Despite the thuggish image that he cultivated at Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Chrétien's grades were high, with an education that focused mostly on Catholic theology, the classics, philosophy, and French. When Chrétien graduated from Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Duplessis came to address the class and upon meeting Chrétien asked him if his grandfather was François Chrétien, who once served as mayor of St-Étiene-des-Grès, and if his father was Wellie Chrétien. Upon receiving affirmative answers to both questions, the premier said with disgust, "Then you're a damn rouge".Martin, Lawrence Chrétien: The Will to Win, Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1995 p. 58.
Chrétien got his early schooling at a private boys' school in Joliette."Straight From The Heart", by JC, 1985 He then attended Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières. He obtained excellent grades and then studied law at Université Laval, the training ground of the French-Canadian elite.Martin, Lawrence Chrétien: The Will to Win, Toronto: .Lester Publishing, 1995 pp. 74–75. Despite the thuggish image that he cultivated at Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Chrétien's grades were high, with an education that focused mostly on Catholic theology, the classics, philosophy, and French. When Chrétien graduated from Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Duplessis came to address the class and upon meeting Chrétien asked him if his grandfather was François Chrétien who once served as mayor of St-Étiene-des-Grès, and if his father was Wellie Chrétien Upon receiving affirmative answers to both questions, the premier said with disgust, "Then you're a damn rouge".Martin, Lawrence Chrétien: The Will to Win, To,ronto: Lester Publishing, 1995 p. 58.