page_title: Shawinigan Handshake
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Shawinigan Handshake / Legacy
context_page_description: 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 the former prime minister often styled himself the "little guy from Shawinigan".
context_section_description: The epithet and incident remain enduring popular local lore in Shawinigan, decades after the incident.
  Following the incident, popular Canadian TV sports personality, Don Cherry, commented that he liked politicians being direct in this manner, and the performance of Chrétien in particular.
  Shawinigan microbrewery Trou du Diable has released an award-winning beer named "Shawinigan Handshake" with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien strangling hockey commentator Don Cherry on its label, in honour of the local lore.
  Since the incident, many celebrities and politicians have been jokingly held by Chrétien in the famous chokehold, when visiting him in Shawinigan. These include former hockey coach Don Cherry, politician Michael Ignatieff, comedian Rick Mercer, current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and comedian Jean-René Dufort.
caption: The label of the "Shawinigan Handshake" beer, which depicts Chrétien strangling Satan in a similar fashion to how he strangled Clennett.
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