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Jean Chretien

Type: Person

Name: Jean Chretien (Jean Chrétien)

Title: Former Prime Minister of Canada

Date of Birth: 11/01/1934

Place of Birth: Shawinigan, Quebec

Nationality: Canada

Fact Sheet: Biography for Jean Chretien

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Conservative Party of Canada (Canada)

Ottawa names former Conservatives to Canada-U.S. water agency

The federal government has appointed two former Conservative politicians to fill vacancies at the International Joint Commission, a key bilateral institution that oversees water that Canada shares with the United States.Benoît Bouchard and Gordon Walker ... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: International Joint Commission, Gordon Walker, Ottawa, Conservative Party of Canada (Canada)

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

John Baird

Canada should steer clear of Syria

âCanada will not arm Syrian rebels.ââ Foreign Minister John BairdAs Canadaâs 10-year tour of duty in Afghanistan is finally set to wind down next year, the Canadian government has apparently decided to keep our noses far from the mess that Syria has ... [Published Brandon Sun - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Canada, Syria, John Baird

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Stephen Harper

David Suzuki: Our principles should transcend political power

My father and mother were born in Vancouver in 1909 and 1911, and lived in Canada all their lives. But like many others of Asian, African and aboriginal origin, they couldn’t vote until after the Second World War. Voting is the core of democracy.And for ... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Stephen Harper, David Suzuki, Democracy, Jean Chretien, Kyoto Protocol

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Will we ever have legal “clarity” on secession? The Dion-Turp debate

, Jacques Parizeau addressed the National Assembly: “We are a state that subscribes to the rule of law. Canada and Quebec are not banana republics. There is the law. There is the Constitution. There is international law. And we have all been elected to ... [Published The Métropolitain - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Quebec, Jacques Parizeau, Jean Chretien, Canada

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Jean Chretien

Harper Turning Into Chrétien

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper is gradually turning into Jean Chrétien.From Teflon to tinpot, from insuperable to insurrection, the two leaders appear to be travelling remarkably similar paths in the second half of their time as prime minister.Read the whole ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, Stephen Harper, Polytetrafluoroethylene

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Big legal setback for ex senator

The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge who convicted him in 2011 made no errors in the case.Lavigne was sentenced to six months in jail and six months of house arrest.The one-time Liberal MP was convicted of fraud for claiming travel expenses ... [Published CJAD 800 - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, House Arrest, Court of Appeal, Sexism, Facebook Inc

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-senator who had staff work on his farm loses appeal of fraud conviction

, EDT. TORONTO - Former senator Raymond Lavigne lost his appeal Friday of his convictions for fraud and breach of trust.The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge who convicted him in 2011 made no errors in the case.Lavigne was sentenced to ... [Published 610 CKTB - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Raymond Lavigne, Fraud, Conviction

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Public Editor: Is it Harper’s government or Canada’s?

The phrase the “Harper government” started in this newspaper with a reference from Stephen Harper himself. In 2002, when he won the Conservative Party leadership, he started to talk about what a “Harper government” would do.It was clearly meant as a partisan ... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Stephen Harper, Jean Chretien, Canada

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Support our troops. Bring them home

5 hours ago |Vote 0 0 Hamilton SpectatorAlthough Support our Troops Month began with a ceremony, it's time we Canadians ask ourselves what supporting the troops actually means.Polls consistently show most Canadians do not support the ongoing, 12-year ... [Published Hamilton Spectator - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Gas Pipeline

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

The intellectual dead end of liberalism

The vacuous concept of the “third way” having degenerated into neoliberal idolatry, modern liberalism has reached its end. Sweeping pronouncements are ordinarily to be avoided, but the revelations of not only the Obama administration’s extraordinary spying ... [Published NYC Independent Media Center - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, Coup de Grâce, Gerhard Schroeder, Barack Obama, Tony Blair

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Jean Chrétien, 79, spotted wakeboarding in North Carolina

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was strapped to a wakeboard on Monday morning, speeding behind a boat in North Carolina. Video footage of the 79-year-old in a wetsuit was circulating online Tuesday, showing Mr. Chrétien’s attempts at the water sport. ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 28 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, Wakeboarding, YouTube LLC

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Watch: Jean Chretien learns to wakeboard

TORONTO – Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has successfully learned to wakeboard, and you can watch him in all his swim-trunks-over-wetsuit glory.In a video uploaded to YouTube May 27, the opening chords of David Bowie’s “Rebel, Rebel” ring ... [Published Global News Canada - May 28 2013]

Entities: Jean Chretien, David Bowie, Toronto

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Ottawa names former Conservatives to Canada-U.S... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 19 2013]
MPs and senators should meet 'higher ethical ex... [Published CBC - Jun 18 2013]
Canada should steer clear of Syria [Published Brandon Sun - Jun 18 2013]
Today’s letters: A fee can be refunded but a vo... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 18 2013]
In defence of an appointed Senate [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 17 2013]
David Suzuki: Our principles should transcend p... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 17 2013]
Will we ever have legal “clarity” on secession... [Published The Métropolitain - Jun 17 2013]
Michael Den Tandt: How Nelson Mandela overcame ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 16 2013]
Greenpeace's Failing Credibility [Published Wood Business - Jun 16 2013]
Harper Turning Into Chrétien [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 15 2013]
Big legal setback for ex senator [Published CJAD 800 - Jun 15 2013]
Public Editor: Is it Harper’s government or Can... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 14 2013]
Ex-senator who had staff work on his farm loses... [Published 610 CKTB - Jun 14 2013]
Harper Then Wouldn't Recognize Harper Now [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 14 2013]
Dan Delmar: Quebec commentariat’s soft centre d... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 14 2013]
Chris Selley: Gay marriage then, turban bans now [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 14 2013]
Recalling Joe Clark's 1983 visit to Pembroke [Published Pembroke Daily Observer - Jun 13 2013]
Sen. Mac Harb owes $230K in improper expenses c... [Published 580 CFRA - Jun 13 2013]
Support our troops. Bring them home [Published Hamilton Spectator - Jun 13 2013]
Brent Rathgeber, the ghost of principles past a... [Published Macleans Online - Jun 12 2013]
The intellectual dead end of liberalism [Published NYC Independent Media Center - Jun 12 2013]
The intellectual dead end of liberalism [Published Boston IMC - Jun 12 2013]
Science Should Be About Curiosity, Not Profit [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 12 2013]
Stumbling? [Published Huffington Post Canada - Jun 12 2013]
Real democracy begins at home [Published Thompson Citizen - Jun 12 2013]
Justin Trudeau stumbles on his learning curve d... [Published Toronto Star Online - Jun 11 2013]
Harper Toriesâ greatest ally may be time [Published Hamilton Spectator - Jun 11 2013]

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Allan Levine: Bill Clinton’s selective memory [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 13 hours ago] Former American presidents who live in glass houses should not throw stones. As Kelly McParland pointed out in a recent column , former U.S. President Bill Clinton has suggested that President Barack Obama will look like a “fool” and a “wuss” if the ...
Today’s letters: A fee can be refunded but a vo... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 18 2013] Re: Trudeau To Repay Speech Fees , June 17. The Conservatives were criticized for trying to impugn Justin Trudeau’s character through the use of attack ads exploiting footage of his spirited antics in support of a charity fundraiser. Now that we have ...
Michael Den Tandt: How Nelson Mandela overcame ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 16 2013] It is fitting that, this Father’s Day weekend, a worldwide vigil continued for Nelson Mandela, aged 94, who has been in a Pretoria hospital for more than a week now, battling a recurring lung infection. Mandela is often described by South Africans as ...
Dan Delmar: Quebec commentariat’s soft centre d... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 14 2013] Though it is commendable that the editor of Quebec’s most important newspaper reached out to Anglophones in the Rest of Canada by analyzing the province’s latest “reasonable accommodation” controversy, André Pratte’s position ( Why Quebecers don’t want ...
Chris Selley: Gay marriage then, turban bans now [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jun 14 2013] This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Ontario Court of Appeal striking down Canada’s marriage law, and indeed of Canada’s first same-sex marriage. Over that time, Canadian society has steadfastly refused to collapse. The dominoes are falling in ...