Jean Bazin

Born in Quebec City, Bazin earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Licentiate of Laws from Université Laval in 1964.

[citation needed] While at Laval, Bazin became a close friend of another law student, Brian Mulroney, and was part of Mulroney's close circle of friends, including Bernard Roy, Lucien Bouchard, Michel Cogger, Michael Meighen and Peter White.

[2] Mulroney would go on to be Prime Minister of Canada; Bouchard would be Premier of Quebec; and Bazin, Cogger and Meighen would all become senators.

While they were students, Roy was apparently the driving force to get them to study hard for their law degrees, as he did not think any of them had a future in politics.

[3] In 1970-71, Bazin was president of the Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal (Young Lawyers Bar of Montreal).

[citation needed] In 2011, the Barreau awarded him the distinction of Avocat émérite, in recognition of his excellence as a lawyer, his service to the profession, and his long-standing interest in alternative dispute resolution and plain language.

In 1986, the Mulroney government appointed Bazin to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of De la Durantaye, Quebec.

[9][7] Mulroney dismissed a junior Cabinet minister and requested that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate the matter.