The Great Hot Dog eater....

Ol' buddy Patrick Gelinas sent this legendary photo, taken by his photographer father in 1975 for what's now known as L'Actualite.
   The photo changed the course of history.
   It was snapped because the accompanying article by Jean Pare noted that the small National Assembly apartment that Bourassa inhabited was "equipped for cooking hot dogs, which he loves," and sometimes offered guests.
   Bourassa allowed Gelinas to shoot this snap because he wanted to perpetuate a populist image. Four months later Pierre Trudeau was in Quebec City and made a courtesy call on the Premier near lunchtime. A TV reporter asked Trudeau whether he was bringing his own lunch and Trudeau replied jokingly, "Yes, it seems as though he eats nothing but hot dogs, that guy."
  The good-natured quip soon morphed into Trudeau's condescending dismissal of Bourassa as a "mangeur de hot dogs," which Bourassa never bothered countering. Some thought him weak for not blasting back. The incident was seen to contribute to Bourassa's subsequent election loss and the first election victory of the Parti Quebecois a few months later.