1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He attended Cabano Academy and later took six years of night school in Québec City.
While at school he was a member of the Cabano Cadet Corps which his father organized and trained, so he was keenly interested in military training from an early age.