Badger

Scrappy, relentless fighter who never stopped punching back.

Jean Chrétien embodied the badger's tenacious, never-back-down spirit throughout his political career — a working-class kid from Shawinigan who clawed his way to become Canada's Prime Minister three times despite being constantly underestimated. His famous 'shawinigan handshake,' choking a protester in 1996, became an unlikely emblem of his combative, no-nonsense style. Chrétien thrived on stubbornness, outlasting rivals and critics with a scrappy resilience that defines the badger personality.