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[[The Right Honourable]] '''Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien''', [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] , [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] , [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] , [[Bachelor of Civil Law|LL.L]] , [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] (born [[January 11]], [[1934]]) was the twentieth [[Prime Minister of Canada]], serving from [[November 4]], [[1993]], to [[December 12]], [[2003]].
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| '''Rank:'''
| 20th
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| '''Term of Office:'''
| [[November 3]], [[1993]] -<br>[[December 12]], [[2003]]
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| '''Predecessor:'''
| [[Kim Campbell]]
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| '''Successor:'''
| [[Paul Martin]]
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| '''Date of Birth:'''
| [[January 11]], [[1934]]
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| '''Place of Birth:'''
| [[Shawinigan]], [[Quebec]]
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| '''Spouse:'''
| [[Aline Chainé]]
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| '''Children'''
| two sons, one daughter
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| '''[[Profession]]:'''
| [[lawyer]], [[politician]]
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| '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
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| '''[[Religion]]:'''
| [[Roman Catholic]]
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==Early life==
Born in [[Shawinigan, Quebec]] as the 18th of 19 children, Jean Chrétien ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ʒɑ̃ kɾeˈtsjɛ̃]}}) studied law at [[Laval University]]. Chrétien would later make light of his humble origins, calling himself the "little guy from Shawinigan". In his youth, he suffered an attack of [[Bell's palsy]], leaving the left side of his face permanently paralyzed. Political opponents, like former Prime Minister [[Kim Campbell]], used this affliction as a basis for political attacks, accusing Chrétien of both figuratively and literally "talking out of the side of his mouth". This tactic was liable to backfire when made insensitively, as it did for the Campbell-led [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] in a [[1993 Chrétien ad|1993 attack ad]].
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On [[September 10]], [[1957]], he married [[Aline Chainé]]. They have two sons and one daughter: [[France Chrétien Desmarais|France]], Hubert, and [[Michel Chrétien|Michel]]. He was first elected to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 1963|1963 federal election]]. After re-election in the [[Canadian federal election, 1965|1965 election]], he served as parliamentary secretary - first to Prime Minister [[Lester B. Pearson]] (1965) and then to [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] [[Mitchell Sharp]] ([[1966]]). Pearson later appointed him junior finance minister. He was appointed Minister of National Revenue in [[1968]] by Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]].
* [[Harry Vines]]
After the [[Canadian federal election, 1968|June 1968 election]], he was appointed [[Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)|Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development]]. In [[1974]], he was appointed President of the Treasury Board; and beginning in [[1976]], he served as Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce. In [[1977]], he was named Minister of Finance. In 1980, he was appointed Minister of Justice and [[Attorney General]] of Canada, and served as Minister of State for Social Development and Minister Responsible for constitutional negotiations, playing a significant role in the patriation of the [[Constitution of Canada]]. In [[1982]], Chrétien was appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.
* [[Naval Nuclear Power School]]
* [[North Pulaski High School]]
* [[Sylvan Hills High School]]
==Basics==
After Trudeau announced his retirement in early [[1984]] as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, Chrétien sought the leadership of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. He lost on the second ballot to [[John Napier Turner|John Turner]] at the [[Liberal leadership conventions|leadership convention]] that June. Turner appointed him [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Secretary of State for External Affairs]]. Relations between the two were strained, and in [[1986]] Chrétien resigned his seat and left public life for a time. Now working in the private sector again, Chrétien sat on the boards of several corporations. These corporations included the [[Power Corporation of Canada]] subsidiary [[Consolidated Bathurst]], the [[TD Bank|Toronto Dominion Bank]], and the [[Brick Furniture|Brick Warehouse Corporation]], among others.
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After Turner's resignation as leader in [[1989]], Chrétien returned: he was elected Liberal Party leader at the June [[1990]] [[Liberal leadership conventions|Liberal leadership convention]] in [[Calgary, Alberta]], defeating [[Paul Martin]] on the fourth ballot. A [[by-election]] in the [[New Brunswick]] constituency of [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]] in December 1990 returned him to the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]].
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==Prime ministerHistory==
In the [[Canadian federal election, 1993|October 1993 election]], Jean Chrétien became [[Prime Minister of Canada]] by leading his party to a majority victory, ousting Prime Minister Kim Campbell and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]]. He was re-elected in the [[Canadian federal election, 1997|1997]] and [[Canadian federal election, 2000|2000 elections]]. During Chrétien's term as prime minister, no party emerged as a viable challenger to the supremacy of his Liberal party, in part due to vote-splitting between the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] and [[Reform Party of Canada|Reform]]/[[Canadian Alliance|Alliance]] parties.
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While [[Brian Mulroney]], [[Joe Clark]], and [[Pierre Trudeau]] had all been relative political outsiders prior to becoming prime minister, Chrétien had over 30 years of experience within the government. This experience gave him a masterful knowledge of the Canadian Parliamentary system, and allowed Chrétien to establish a very centralized government that, although highly efficient, was also lambasted by critics as being a "friendly dictatorship" and intolerant of internal dissent.
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One of Chrétien's main focuses in office was preventing the separation of the province of [[Quebec]], which was ruled by the [[Quebec sovereignty movement|separatist]] ''[[Parti Québécois]]'' for nearly the Prime Minister's entire term. After the [[1995 Quebec referendum|1995 referendum]] very narrowly defeated a proposal on Quebec sovereignty, Chrétien's government passed what became known as the ''[[Clarity Act]]'', which said that no Canadian government would acknowledge an independent Quebec nation unless a "clear majority" supported sovereignty in a referendum based on a clear question. The size of a "clear majority" was left unspecified, but Chrétien made it clear that such a majority would not be "50% plus one vote".
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After the referendum there was an assassination attempt on Chrétien at 24 Sussex. The Chrétiens were prepared to defend themselves with an Inuit stone statue until the RCMP arrived.
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Chrétien's government also introduced a new and far-reaching ''[[Youth Criminal Justice Act]]'', which replaced the old ''[[Young Offenders Act]]'', and changed the way youths were prosecuted for crimes in Canada.
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In 1996, Chrétien was physically confronted by anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett at the first [[National Flag of Canada Day]] ceremony. The Prime Minister responded by putting the protestor in a chokehold and shoving him aside, before the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] security detail was able to react. The move was dubbed the [[Shawinigan Handshake]] by the press, after Chrétien's hometown of [[Shawinigan, Quebec]].
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[[Image:TV_22_minutes_mercer_and_chretien_at_harveys.jpg|right|frame|Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien at a Harvey's fast food restaurant]]
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In 1997, Chrétien (left) was a guest star on ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'' as former member [[Rick Mercer]] (right) took him to lunch at a [[Harvey's fast food restaurant]].
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Following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]] upon the United States, North American airspace was shut down and many Canadians opened up their homes to stranded travellers. Chrétien praised Operation Yellow Ribbon, saying that it was one of the ways it showed the best of Canadians in a time of tragedy for their American friends and neighbours down south. In response to those attacks, Canadian forces joined with multinational forces that invaded [[Afghanistan]] to pursue [[al-Qaeda]] forces there.
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Under Chrétien, [[Canada]] did not support the US-led [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] but was the first non-member of the US-led coalition to provide significant financial aid to the post-war reconstruction effort, relative to Canada's size. Chrétien's reasoning was that the war lacked UN Security Council sanction; while not a member of the Security Council, Canada nevertheless attempted to build a consensus for a resolution authorizing the use of force after a short (two to three month) extension to UN weapon inspections in Iraq. (Critics also noted that, while in opposition, he had also opposed the first US-led [[Gulf War]].) Although criticism from right-wing opposition was vocal, the move proved popular with the Canadian public in general. In December of 2003, it emerged that Chrétien's government had prepared plans for Canada to send as many as 800 Canadian troops to Iraq if UN Security Council had authorized it; however, a UN request for an increased deployment of Canadian peacekeepers to Afghanistan removed this option from the table. This led some of Chrétien's anti-war critics on the left to accuse the Prime Minister of never really being fully opposed to the war.
In October [[2003]], Chrétien, who supported decriminalization of [[marijuana]] in Canada, raised eyebrows with comments concerning his plans to smoke marijuana after his retirement. "I don't know what is marijuana," he said. "Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand." While these comments were widely understood as being a friendly joke between Chrétien and a [[Winnipeg Free Press]] reporter, many found them unfunny as Chrétien seemed to trivialize an illegal activity.
This was ultimately shown to have been nothing more than a friendly joke between Chrétien and a ''Winnipeg Free Press'' reporter.
Chrétien also benefitted significantly from a divided and ineffective opposition during his term as Prime Minister, facing eight different [[Leader of the Opposition (Canada)|leaders of the opposition]], and was sometimes viewed by Canadians as remaining in power solely because of a lack of alternatives. However, he also had an undeniably strong gut instinct for reading the mood of the Canadian electorate, and he successfully used this skill to defuse most of the controversies his government faced.
Chrétien's government was re-elected twice, in the [[Canadian federal election, 1997|1997]] and [[Canadian federal election, 2000|2000 federal election]]s. This has made him one of the few Canadian Prime Ministers to serve three back-to-back terms. During his tenure as Prime Minister a $42 billion deficit was eliminated, five consecutive budget surpluses were recorded, $36 billion in debt was paid down, and taxes were cut by $100 billion (cumulatively) over 5 years, making it the largest tax cut in Canadian history. There were, however, undeniable costs associated with this endeavor. Some of these costs took the form of reduced government services. This was most noticeable in the health care sector, as major reductions in federal funding to the provinces meant significant cuts in service delivery. Moreover, there were cuts in government services across the board, affecting the operations and achievement of the mandate of most federal departments.
==Retirement==
In August [[2002]], on the verge of being ousted as party leader by the supporters of ex-Finance Minister [[Paul Martin]], Chrétien announced that he would not run for an additional term and would resign in February 2004.
Chrétien's final sitting in the House of Commons took place [[November 6]], [[2003]], with many tributes, standing ovations, and even some hearty laughs at humorous stories told by the Prime Minister. He made an emotional farewell to the party on [[November 13]] at the Liberal Convention. The following day his rival Martin was elected his successor. The two men lavished praise on one another, and Chrétien joined Martin onstage to congratulate him after his acceptance speech.
On [[December 12]], [[2003]], Jean Chrétien officially resigned as prime minister, formally handing power over to Paul Martin.
Almost a month after retiring, Mr. Chrétien joined the law firm of [[Heenan Blaikie]] on [[January 5]], [[2004]], as counsel. The firm announced he would work out of their Ottawa, Ontario offices four days per week and make a weekly visit to the Montreal office.
On [[May]] [[27]], [[2005]], he received an [[LL.D]] from [[Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]], and on [[June]] [[8]], [[2005]] an [[honorary degree]] from [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]].
== Supreme Court Appointments ==
Chretien appointed the following Justices to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]]:
* [[Michel Bastarache]] - ([[September 30]], [[1997]] - present)
* [[William Ian Corneil Binnie]] - ([[January 8]], [[1998]] - present)
* [[Louise Arbour]] - ([[September 15]], [[1999]] - [[June 30]], [[2004]])
* [[Louis LeBel]] - ([[January 7]], [[2000]] - present)
* [[Beverly McLachlin]] ([[Chief Justice]]) - ([[July 7]], [[2000]] - present) (appointed a [[Puisne Justice]] by [[Brian Mulroney]] in [[1989]])
* [[Marie Deschamps]] - ([[August 7]], [[2002]] - present)
* [[Morris J. Fish]] - ([[August 5]], [[2003]] - present)
==Legacy==
In general, Chrétien supported [[Pierre Trudeau]]'s ideals of [[official bilingualism]] and [[multiculturalism]], but his government oversaw the erosion of the [[welfare state]] established and built under [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], [[Louis St. Laurent]], [[Lester Pearson]] and Trudeau. His government advocated [[neo-liberal]] (or right of centre) polices on a number of economic fronts, cutting transfer payments to the provinces and social programs, supporting [[globalization]] and [[free trade]] and implementing large personal and corporate [[tax]] cuts. In the late 1990s, he and then-Finance Minister [[Paul Martin]] balanced the Canadian budget for the first time in decades.
Chrétien was repeatedly attacked by both his opponents and supporters for failing to live up to certain election promises, such as eliminating the [[Goods and Services Tax (Canada)|Goods and Services Tax]] (GST) and renegotiating the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]]. He also came under fire for delaying a military helicopter purchase. Some point to the "No" result of the [[1995 Quebec referendum]] on separation as a political victory for Chrétien, while others interpret the extremely slim margin as a near-disaster for which Chrétien, as de facto leader of the "No" campaign, was responsible. In 2002, Chrétien promoted a plan to help [[Africa]] financially. It is not completely clear for what he will be most remembered.
[[Image:EternalFlameLighting.jpg|thumb|right|Chrétien with other dignitaries at the 9/11 memorial service at Battery Park on September 11, 2002.]]
One of the most pressing issues in Chrétien's final year in office was Canada's relationship with the United States. Chrétien had a close relationship with President [[Bill Clinton]], after attacking [[Brian Mulroney]] for being too friendly with both [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H.W. Bush]], but the fact that many of his cabinet ministers and aides had little respect for [[George W. Bush]] was highlighted in a few embarrassing off-the-cuff remarks that found their way into the media. Chrétien's lack of support for the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq war]] was likewise criticized by some as a damaging move for the historic Canadian-US military alliance.
Though Chrétien failed to make significant moves on such matters while in office, decisions on health care, [[same-sex marriage in Canada|same-sex marriage]], municipal issues, and drug laws will also be very important to his successor.
Very soon after his retirement, Chrétien's legacy was marred by the [[Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal|sponsorship scandal]]. Although implicated, no direct evidence has yet been found directly linking him to it, however many of his closest and longtime political allies were fired from government jobs by his successor [[Paul Martin]]. The scandal also put a question mark over Chrétien's preferred style of governance, which had been in question long before his retirement due to various scandals, particularly involving cabinet minister [[Alfonso Gagliano]]. Martin has moved to sharply distance himself from the Chrétien legacy, although this is also due to the at times bitter political rivalry between the two men. Many of Chrétien's most loyal ministers were not included in Martin's cabinet, and one, [[Sheila Copps]], later lost the Liberal nomination in her riding.
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*[http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=63&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]
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