"Canada and the US in the Chrétien years: Edging toward confrontation" by David T. Jones
Monday Nov 19, 2007 A police matter
Chrétien says a public inquiry might not be best way to settle Airbus Affair
The former prime minister said Sunday that he and his government were misled by Brian Mulroney.
Thursday 18 October 2007 William Johnson . Canada was undefended
In My Years as Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien reveals he has learned little from allowing the country's 1995 near-death experience
Past prime ministers must be judged on a host of issues, but one outweighs all others: "Keeping Canada united is the single most important responsibility of every national government and every prime minister," writes the author of Jean Chrétien: My Years as Prime Minister, published this week. He should know, because he led the country to the brink of breakup in the Quebec referendum of Oct. 30, 1995.
....Mr. Parizeau went on television to repudiate the Constitution of Canada: "We never signed it. The 1982 Constitution, that the judge reproaches us for not following it in all its terms, that Charter was refused by René Lévesque; then it was refused by premier Pierre-Marc Johnson; it was refused by Robert Bourassa; it was refused by Daniel Johnson; it was refused by me."
So what did Prime Minister Chrétien do to uphold the law? Absolutely nothing.
Monday 15 October 2007 OTTAWA: STRONG REACTIONS TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER'S MEMOIRS
Political adversaries of former prime minister Jean Chretien were quick to react to reviews of his latest memoirs entitled 'My Years as Prime Minister.' The large book speaks frankly about his three terms as leader of a majority government in the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. In a revelation, Mr. Chretien admits that he would not have accepted the outcome of the referendum on Quebec's sovereignty in 1995 if it had passed by a small majority. In reaction, the leader of Quebec's separatist Bloc Quebecois party, Gilles Duceppe, accused Mr. Chretien of lying to Quebecers a few days before the referendum when he indicated that he would accept its outcome. In his new book, Mr. Chretien also regrets that he decided not to fire his finance minister, Paul Martin, who succeeded him as prime minister. Mr. Chretien describes Mr. Martin as a disloyal man who plotted secretly to depose him.
Tuesday 09 October 2007 OTTAWA: FORMER PM OUT OF HOSPITAL
Seventy-three-year-old former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has been released from hospital in Montreal after undergoing emergency heart surgery on Wednesday and is continuing his recovery at home. A quadruple bypass operation repaired a coronary blockage before it damaged the organ.
Wednesday 03 October 2007 
Chretien undergoes successful heart surgery
OTTAWA - Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery Wednesday at the Montreal Heart Institute.
Chretien, 73, had cancelled a speech Tuesday at an Asia-Pacific mining conference in Vancouver, with event's organizers saying the cancellation came after his doctor had advised him not to travel from Ottawa.
The head of the surgery department at the hospital, Dr. Michel Pellerin, operated on Chretien.
Saturday Jun 30, 2007 CHRÉTIEN, MACLEOD AMONG NEW APPOINTMENTS TO ORDER OF CANADA
Former prime minister
Friday 12 January 2007 TORONTO: CHRETIEN CONFIDENT PASSPORT CONFLICT WILL BE SOLVED
Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien says he's confident Canada and the United States will find a way to solve their border security issues without causing cross-border traffic to grind to a halt. Mr. Chretien appeared Wednesday at the Professional Convention Management Association conference in Toronto alongside Newt Gingrich, a Republican and former US House of Representatives speaker. The pair spoke about the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires air travellers to carry a passport to enter the United States, starting January 23rd. Mr. Chretien said many Canadians already have a passport, but it will be a problem convincing Americans to get the identification. He said travellers can cross several national borders in Europe without any significant delays and requirements and common sense should prevail to keep travel flowing in North America. Organizers said about 3,000 PCMA delegates attended the speaking event which capped off a four-day conference for members of the convention and meeting industry.
Friday Dec 2, 2005 rci The former chief of staff of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on Wednesday followed the example set by Mr. Chrétien only a few hours before by asking Federal Court of Canada to overturn the preliminary findings of a judge's report on the ongoing scandal involving federal public relations contracts. Jean Pelletier's suit alleges that the recent report by Justice John Gomery is biased, exceeded his mandate and was based on incorrect facts. The report said that there is no evidence that Mr. Chrétien was aware of wrongdoing but that he was ultimately responsible for it together with his chief of staff, Mr. Pelletier. Mr. Martin fired Mr. Pelletier from his later post as chairman of Via Rail, the country's passenger rail service. Last month, Federal Court ordered him reinstated, arguing that he should have been told why he was fired and given a chance to defend himself.
Thursday Dec 1, 2005 rci Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has filed a suit in Federal Court of Canada in response to a preliminary report by a judge on a federal scandal involving public relations contracts. Mr. Chrétien wants the court either to quash the report entirely or to order the suppression of passages that are critical of him. Justice John Gomery had been conducting a public inquiry into the now defunct "sponsorship" program. The scandal erupted last February after the federal auditor general reported that $100 million of the $250 million spent on the program aimed at improving the federal image in the province of Quebec had been mostly embezzled by PR firms. In his preliminary report published several weeks ago, the judge wrote that there is no evidence that Mr. Chrétien was aware of wrongdoing, but that he was ultimately responsible for it and with his chief of staff, Jean Pelletier. Mr. Chrétien suit says the judge erred in taking the word of a retired federal official, Chuck Guité, who ran the "sponsorship" program at the public works department. The former prime minister also accuses Justice Gomery of failed to investigate several important aspects of the affair and to give proper notice that his findings might be critical of Mr. Chrétien.
Saturday Nov 19, 2005 rci
OTTAWA: FORMER CHRÉTIEN LOYALIST ORDERED REINSTATED
Federal Court of Canada has ruled that the former chief of staff of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien must be reinstated to his position as chairman of Via Rail. The court found that the firing of Jean Pelletier by the prime minister, Mr. Martin, in March 2004, was unjustified and must be reversed. Mr. Martin fired several Chrétien appointees at agencies that were involved in the ongoing scandal involving federal public relations contracts. During most of the period of the now defunct "sponsorship" program, Mr. Pelletier was the prime minister's chief of staff. A preliminary report by an independent investigator earlier this month found that he had failed to take "the most elementary precautions" against the mismanagement of the program. PR firms squandered $100 million in return for little or no work in the program aimed at improving the federal image in the province of Quebec.
Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 cc Gomery puts blame on Chrétien
Report to red flag Guité, Gagliano, Corriveau and Pelletier, but not Martin; coverage at 10 a.m. EST
Thursday Nov 3, 2005 maisonneuve.org/ CHRÉTIEN GETS ROASTED
The publication of Justice John
Gomery’s long-awaited report into the sponsorship scandal dominates
the The Big Six’s leads this news cycle. As was widely expected,
Gomery’s report is especially hard on officials in former prime
minister Jean Chrétien’s government and Liberal Party organizers in
Quebec. The
Globe reports that the Gomery commission identified two sources for the
misconduct: Jean Chrétien’s office, which “was wrong to get so
deeply involved in the management of the sponsorship program, in
particular with the direct meetings between PMO chief of staff Jean
Pelletier and then-bureaucrat Chuck Guité,” and Quebec Liberal and
longtime Chrétien supporter Jacques Corriveau, who “put in place a
‘kickback scheme’ in favour of the Quebec wing of the Liberal
Party of Canada.” Gomery also takes aim at Alfonso Gagliano, saying
the disgraced former politician “must accept a share of the blame
for tolerating the improper methods employed to finance the activities of
the [Quebec wing of the Liberal Party] during the years when he was the
Quebec lieutenant of the Liberal Party of Canada.” Paul Martin was,
in Gomery’s words, “exonerated.”
The
Citizen goes inside with the Martin government’s reaction to the
report. The prime minister has handed over the report to the RCMP for
criminal investigation, and has banned ten prominent members from the
Liberal Party, including Gagliano and Corriveau. Martin also announced
that the Liberal Party would reimburse taxpayers to the tune of $1.14
million for donations the inquiry found had been siphoned from the
sponsorship program. The
Post leads with Chrétien’s intention of challenging
Gomery’s findings before a federal court. The former prime minister
alleges Gomery was biased against him, citing as evidence Gomery’s
“small-town cheap” remark about the infamous signature golf
balls. The
Citizen reports that “Mr. Chrétien won the right to take the
matter to federal court, if he liked, after a little-publicized court
victory in June.”
Thursday Nov 3, 2005 rci Meanwhile, Mr. Chrétien says he'll ask Federal Court of Canada to throw out Justice Gomery's report, which he claims contains serious errors. He says that although he regrets any wrongdoing, the report errs in concluding that people involved in kickback schemes were responsible to top Liberal politicians. The former prime minister says the judge was mistaken in accepting the word of Chuck Guité, the retired civil servant who administered the "sponsorship" program. He also says he asked the federal auditor general and federal police to investigate in 2002 as soon as he heard of wrongdoing.
Friday Oct 28, 2005 globe Gomery placed Chrétien on notice Former PM reacted angrily to warning that judge was considering an allegation of misconduct against him
Ottawa — Lawyers for Jean Chrétien requested a private meeting with Mr. Justice John Gomery after the former prime minister received a letter saying the head of the sponsorship inquiry was considering making an allegation of misconduct against him, The Globe and Mail has learned.
Friday Jun 10, 2005 rci Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says feels "betrayed" by the ongoing scandal about a defunct federal public relations program. Mr. Chrétien was prime minister during the period between 1997 and 2003 that the "sponsorship" program with the purpose of improving the federal image in the largely French-speaking province of Quebec. Mr. Chrétien says that those involved betrayed him, the government and the whole country. The independent Gomery Commission last week concluded public hearings to find out how $100 million of the $250 million spent on the program ended up in the hands of PR firms friendly to the Liberal Party. The testimony uncovered numerous instances of improprieties and possibly of corruption. Mr. Justice John Gomery will make his final report in December. [Chrétien "betrayed" us!]
Monday May 23, 2005 The Gomery independent inquiry into the scandal over federal public relations contracts continued on Friday. The Commission heard from the lawyer representing former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Mr. Chrétien was in office during most of the time between 1995 and 2003 when the "sponsorship" program was in operation. His lawyer told the Commission that Mr. Chrétien told two former public works ministers to intervene within the department when allegations about irregularities in the problem started becoming public, and that the former minister will testify to that effect next week. Mr. Chrétien designed the program to improve the federal image in Quebec after the province's separatist government only narrowly lost a referendum on political sovereignty in 1995. The Commission is trying to find out how $100 million of the $250 million spent on it ended up in the hands of PR firms friendly to the governing Liberal Party, with little or no work having been performed in return.
Saturday May 21, 2005 Chretien acted quickly: lawyer
Two former public works ministers will tell the Gomery inquiry their one-time boss, Jean Chretien, acted quickly to stamp out alleged sponsorship wrongdoings, Chretien's lawyer said Friday.
» Full Gomery inquiry coverage
Tuesday Apr 19, 2005 ts
Liberals` feud goes public
OTTAWA—Warren Kinsella, a longtime Jean Chrétien loyalist, publicly traded insults and accusations with two of Prime Minister Paul Martin`s closest confidantes yesterday as opposition MPs used a Commons investigation to expose raw Liberal party wounds.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2005 ts
Submarine problems Chrétien`s `legacy`
OTTAWA—Jean Chrétien`s four-year delay in deciding whether to buy four used British submarines left them sitting "unattended" in salt water, causing the technical problems that have plagued the boats and may have even cost a sailor his life.
Friday Apr 15, 2005 A friend of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has denied an allegation of dishonesty put forward by an earlier witness last week at the Gomery Commission. The Commission is trying to find out how $100 million of the $250 million spent on the public relations project ended up in the hands of PR firms that did little or nothing to earn it. Former advertising executive Jean Brault testified last week that graphic designer and Chrétien associate Jacques Corriveau was part of a conspiracy to use "sponsorship" contracts to funnel more than $1 million to the governing Liberal Party. Mr. Corriveau on Thursday denied it and also averred that he never discussed the "sponsorship" program with his friend, Mr. Chrétien. The three opposition political parties represented in the House of Commons have threatened to bring down the minority government of his successor, Paul Martin, over the affair.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 np
Chrétien ally made $6.7M
Montreal—After arranging for lucrative commissions if he could snare sponsorship contracts, a close ally of Jean Chrétien raked in a $6.7-million cut of the federal program in just five years, the Gomery inquiry was told yesterday. [make them give it back]
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 np
Chretien's office called shots,
Adman points at Pmo: Chretien's office called shots, witness says; PM claims moral authority to govern
MONTREAL - The Prime Minister's Office under Jean Chretien had the ultimate say in which groups or events got money from the federal sponsorship program, the Gomery inquiry was told yesterday.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 ts
Witness ties Chrétien to sponsorship project
Montreal—Jean Chrétien was directly linked for the first time to a specific project in the sponsorship program yesterday by a lobbyist who testified he overheard a telephone conversation between the then prime minister and a long-time loyalist discussing a deal.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005
see John Gomery A former federal Liberal Party organizer and advertising man has suggested that at least on one occasion there was a direct link between former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the defunct "sponsorship" program.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005 ts
Witness ties Chrétien to sponsorship project
Montreal—Jean Chrétien was directly linked for the first time to a specific project in the sponsorship program yesterday by a lobbyist who testified he overheard a telephone conversation between the then prime minister and a long-time loyalist discussing a deal.
Sunday Apr 10, 2005 np
Chretien got $30K: adman
MONTREAL - A Groupaction employee of sponsorship whistle-blower Jean Brault yesterday told Judge John Gomery that his boss kicked in $30,000 to Jean Chretien's 1993 election campaign in his efforts to secure federal government contracts.
Saturday Apr 9, 2005 np
Money went to Chrétien: adman
Alain Renaud, a former fundraiser for the national Liberal Party, said at the sponsorship inquiry that Jean Brault donated $50,000 to Jean Chrétien's 1993 election campaign.
Saturday Apr 9, 2005 ts
Inquiry edges toward ex-PM
MONTREAL—The man at the centre of the sponsorship scandal gave money to Jean Chrétien`s election campaign in 1993 as an "investment" to get government contracts.
Saturday Apr 9, 2005 ts
If Chrétien isn`t to blame for scandal mess, who is?
Ottawa—Where will the buck stop? Will it stop at a few mechanics skilfully oiling the sponsorship machinery, or at the top?
Wednesday Apr 6, 2005 OTTAWA: FORMER PM GETS COURT DATE IN PR INQUIRY Federal Court of Canada has set June 7 as the date for a hearing for a request by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to have removed the judge who is conducting the seven-month inquiry into the scandal involving federal public relations contracts during the time when he was in office. Mr. Chrétien contends that Justice John Gomery is biased. The Gomery Commission is trying to discover how $100 million of the $250 million spent on the defunct "sponsorship" program found its way into the coffers of PR firms friendly with his governing Liberal Party, with little or no work having been done. Critics accused the former prime minister of trying to undermine the evidence which the Commission has gathered so far. The deputy Conservative Party leader, Peter Mackay, says that a new judge would be forced to start the inquiry all over. One of Mr. Chrétien's lawyers denies that that is his client's aim or that a new Commissioner would have to start from scratch.
Tuesday Apr 5, 2005 ts Separatism`s unlikely ally
Jean Chrétien, a self-styled little guy who never backed down, made his career as a separatist-fighter. Now in his search for truth, Mr. Justice John Gomery is on the way to inadvertently redeploying the former prime minister as the independence movement`s doomsday weapon.
Monday Mar 28, 2005 rci OTTAWA: FORMER PM CHRETIEN JOINS CAPITAL MARCH
Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien was on hand Saturday to lend his support to an anti-Syrian protest in Ottawa.
A number of Lebanese Canadians turned out on Parliament Hill to encourage Canada's government to increase pressure on Lebanon to hasten the withdrawal of Syrian troops.
The government is Damascus is widely believed responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri last month.
Mr. Chretien said he wanted to pay homage to Mr. Hariri, who was a close friend.
He also said Mr. Hariri's death would lead to a new independence for Lebanon.
Mr. Chretien encouraged the Lebanese Canadians to continue with their cause. A UN report issued several days ago called for an international investigation into Mr. Hariri's death.
Thursday Feb 10, 2005
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien shows off his golf balls during testimony yesterday at the sponsorship inquiry. He brought several balls bearing signatures of world leaders that he’d received as gifts."
Ex-PM gets out his balls ... and chips away at judge
OTTAWA—Jean Chrétien teed off on Justice John Gomery with a wicked shot just as the former prime minister was headed to the proverbial 19th hole. [what a waist if time!]
Thursday Feb 10, 2005 ts
Defiant Chrétien scolds his critics
OTTAWA—A defiant Jean Chrétien has marched in to write his own pages in the history books and remove the taint of the controversial sponsorship program from his legacy.
Thursday Feb 10, 2005
Chrétien pulls his enemy closer
Paul Martin`s sponsorship headache has become a bit more of a migraine.
Saturday Feb 5, 2005 OTTAWA: AIDE TO FORMER PM MAKES STARTLING ADMISSION
A former aid to former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has made a surprising admission in testimony before the Gomery Commission, which is investigating the ongoing scandal over federal public relations contracts. Jean Carle was Mr. Chrétien's director of operations from 1993 to 1998, after which he became a vice-president at the Business Development Bank of Canada. While there, the BDC offered as part of the federal "sponsorship" program a loan of $250,000 to the producers of a television series about Canadian history. Mr. Carle testified that the public works department, which operated the program, wanted to contribute an additional $125,000 for the series but didn't want the expenditure to appear in its records. The prime minister's former aide said that he then helped devise a phoney paper trail to conceal the transaction. Mr. Justice John Gomery is trying to find out how $100 million of the $250 million spent on the "sponsorship" program ended up in the hands of PR firms that did little or nothing in return.
Saturday Jan 29, 2005 OTTAWA: FEDERAL LAWYERS TO BACK JUDGE IN SCANDAL INQUIRY
The Canadian Press news agency cites senior federal officials as revealing that government lawyers taking part in the inquiry into the scandal of federal public relations contracts will support the continuation of its head, Justice John Gomery. CP reports that the government lawyers will take that position in oral arguments on Monday. Earlier in the week, lawyers representing former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien recommended that he resign because of remarks which he made in interviews before Christmas which supposedly called into question his impartiality. Justice Gomery said that the "sponsorship" program was a managerial disaster and called some of the witnesses liars. He also speculated that the outcome could have an impact of the minority government of Mr. Chrétien's successor, Paul Martin. The government lawyers will say the comments were ill-advised but that this isn't sufficient for him to quit. The inquiry is trying to find out how $100 million of the $250 million spent on federal PR contracts was embezzled or squandered, in return for little or no work. Mr. Chrétien was prime minister during the 1997-2003 period when the "sponsorship" program was operated.
Judge may go to court for secret documents
OTTAWA—The clash between the judge running the sponsorship inquiry and Jean Chrétien took on a new dimension yesterday when Justice John Gomery revealed he might go to court to obtain more secret cabinet documents from the Liberal government.
Thursday Jan 27, 2005 ts
In `real world,` judges talk
OTTAWA—Justice John Gomery has raised eyebrows in the legal community by giving media interviews in the midst of the high-profile sponsorship inquiry. But legal experts say they are not persuaded by former prime minister Jean Chrétien`s accusation that Gomery is too biased to continue his investigation.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2005 ts
Hands off inquiry, Harper tells PM
OTTAWA—Jean Chrétien is attempting to force Justice John Gomery to step down as head of the inquiry into the biggest scandal ever to hit his Liberal government.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2005 cbc
CHRÉTIEN LAWYERS WANT GOMERY OUT
Lawyers for former prime minister Jean Chrétien on Tuesday demanded
the man running the sponsorship inquiry step down, accusing him of
losing his objectivity. [he must be doing a good job?]
Wednesday Jan 12, 2005 ts Chretien`s lawyer slams Gomery
OTTAWA - Jean Chretien`s lawyer yesterday accused the head of the sponsorship inquiry of compromising his impartiality and said the courts may be asked to remove Justice John Gomery from that post.
Tuesday Jan 11, 2005 wn As of Monday, January 17th, ME Douglas Robertson [*.doc] will be joining the firm of Heenan Blaikie here in Montreal as a partner in its corporate-commercial practice section and chairman of the firm’s newly established International Business Law group. In the latter role I will be working closely with the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien and colleagues across the country to expand the firm’s global reach. more *.doc
Dec 9, 2004 ts Chretien warned about sponsorship
Canada's top bureaucrat warned her boss - then-prime minister Jean Chretien - in 1996 that his government needed a formal unity strategy before giving Public Works $17 million to begin the controversial Quebec sponsorship program. .... Chretien had sole authority over the fund and any request required his approval.
Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 ts
Chrétien had role in grants: Probe
OTTAWA—Jean Chrétien`s office directly participated in decisions on which projects received hefty promotional grants from the government in the 1990s, the sponsorship inquiry was told yesterday.
Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 ts
Chrétien gets role in feud over Russian oil company
MOSCOW—Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is working to resolve one of the most high-profile legal disputes in the world: the year-long battle over the fate of Russian oil giant Yukos.
Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 ts
RANDY QUAN FOR THE TORONTO STAR Former prime minister Jean Chretien answers questions at a lecture he gave at the Commonwealth Institute in London, England yesterday. In his first major speech since leaving office in December, Chretien seemed to suggest the Liberals had nothing to be ashamed about and lots to be proud of. Chrétien defends his record
LONDON—Dogged by questions about a financial scandal he left behind, former prime minister Jean Chrétien has defended his years in power as a time when government integrity and competence were enhanced.
Monday 29 Mar 2004 cbc
CHRÉTIEN DELIVERS THINLY VEILED CRITICISM OF MARTIN GOVERNMENT
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien has used an overseas speech to
defend what he called his "record of good governance and competent
administration." It's being seen as his response to the sponsorship
scandal and the attempt by current Prime Minister Paul Martin to
distance himself from Chrétien's Liberal government.
Monday 29 Mar 2004 cbc
Prime Minister Paul Martin and his predecessor Jean Chretien keep their distance yesterday at the funeral of Liberal elder statesman Mitchell sharp in Ottawa. Sharp, whom Martin called =one of Canada's great builders,= died March 19 at the age of 92. Ottawa's elite pays tribute to Sharp
Chrétien, Martin ignore each other at the funeral
Old rivals come to praise mentor, not bury hatchet
OTTAWA—Barely 10 metres separated them but the gap between Prime Minister Paul Martin and predecessor Jean Chrétien in a crowded church yesterday might as well have been a canyon.
Saturday Jan 24, 2004 bbc
AIR CANADA HIKING FARES AS FUEL COSTS INCREASE
Air Canada said Friday it is hiking fares by $10 to $20 each way on a
flight in response to rising fuel costs.
Saturday Jan 24, 2004 bbc
SHAWINIGAN HONOURS ITS 'LITTLE GUY'
The "little guy from Shawinigan" entered his hometown's hall of fame for
great residents Thursday night, boasting about his political legacy and
brushing aside questions about how the sponsorship scandal might taint
that legacy.
Tuesday 2 Mar 2004 ts
VIA boss fired - who`s next?
Prime Minister Paul Martin has launched an assault to the heart of Jean Chrétien`s old political regime in Ottawa, firing VIA Rail chairman Jean Pelletier in the name of a radical "culture shift."
Sunday 15 Feb 2004 ts
Ministers face questioning in scandal
Four ministers under Jean Chretien and a clutch of senior bureaucrats were cited Friday as potential witnesses in the sponsorship scandal inquiry. Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, as well as former ministers Alfonso Gagliano, Don Boudria and David Dingwall were on the list sent by Auditor General Sheila Fraser to a House of Commons committee
[Jean Chretien must also be a witnesses!]
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Canada's Chretien bids farewell
CHRÉTIEN DEFENDS SPENDING ON JETS
