Still new and hoping to make a good impression, Bouchard tried to let it go.
Bouchard wants Couche-Tard to focus, like home improvement giant Lowe's, on getting more women in.
But Bouchard, 56, can tame these threats and beat 7-Eleven at its game, as well.
It would be ironic indeed if they ended up helping Mr Bouchard to achieve his aim.
Bouchard won't predict whether fast food and other add-ons will enable him to outgrow 7-Eleven.
Hence Mr Bouchard's headache and his government's fierce attack on the proponents of partition.
Via acquisitions, Bouchard is targeting 25, 000 convenience stores in the not so distant future.
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Mr Bouchard was at that meeting, but said he would not turn up at Calgary.
Long-term studies including multiple urine samples from the same children are needed, Bouchard says.
Mr Bouchard shuffled his cabinet in August, notably replacing the minister in charge of Montreal.
That showed how unpromising were Mr Bouchard's chances of ever becoming father of an independent Quebec.
And Mr Bouchard still scores higher than his young opponent in polls of public confidence.
David Lykken, a colleague of Mr Bouchard's, has inquired into the origins of happiness.
Some industries are just not well suited to provide time and space for nursing mothers, Bouchard says.
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Mr Bouchard's frustrated federalist opponents might do well to focus on the reason for his remarkable popularity.
Mr Bouchard, ever one to interpret an inadequate offer as a gross insult, was just as damning.
Craig Bouchard, chief executive of industrial company Shale-Inland, said going into this year he expected strong economic growth.
"I would hope that this study raises awareness as to the risk associated with pesticide exposure, " Bouchard says.
As his tour started, Mr Bouchard was saying that nothing is less definite than a vote this autumn.
But within 22 minutes, thanks to weeks of lobbying, Bouchard had turned the tide, winning 69% of the vote.
The cynics think that Mr Bouchard, once re-elected, will drop his conciliatory tone.
But Mr Bouchard has once again demonstrated his messianic connection with the voters.
Bouchard and her colleagues analyzed urine samples from children ages 8 to 15.
"If I need more help, I'll go get a temp where I don't bear that permanent responsibility, " Mr. Bouchard said.
When Mr Bouchard learnt that opting-out had gone, he telephoned at least four other premiers, urging them not to sign.
But with 12, 000 to 15, 000 people being killed by guns each year, Bouchard said the country has to start somewhere.
"We continue to invite bidders, including Severstal, to provide a superior proposal to that of Essar, " Chairman JamesBouchardJames Bouchard said.
Mr Bouchard saw an article on a pair of reunited identical twins, and decided to make a study of them.
Mr Bouchard now has a register of 8, 000 pairs of twins, some identical, some not, some separated, most reared together.
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Mr Bouchard is a difficult man from whom to steal the spotlight, and he has a vigorous economy on his side.
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