Actor created his Bob Gratton character in response to 1980 Quebec referendum

In 1996, Rafaël Ouellet worked on the set of an ad promoting the Nez rouge campaign, a volunteer-run safe ride service offered around the Christmas holidays in Quebec.That year’s spokesperson was actor Julien Poulin, well-known for his political stances for Quebec sovereignty and against American imperialism; his best-known character, Bob Gratton, was a federalist caricature.