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Entry Title- Patience Rewarded
Publish Date- December 12, 2003 at 2:52 pm
Category Tags- Government, Canada, Ontario
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I got to watch the whole thing on CSPAN, but I have to say that until this morning, I had no idea who Paul Martin was. What’s he like politically? I don’t know much about the Canadian government system, so did Chretien leave because he lost an election or because his term was just up?
Leslie,
Chr�tien retired after 10 years as Prime Minister (40 as an MP in the House of Commons), and Martin won the leadership of the same party Chr�tien retired from.
In the Canadian system, a person can be leader of their party (and/or Prime Minister, if they’re leading the party in power) for as long as (a) they want to, and (b) they have the support of the party.
Martin is known as being a very successful, sometimes shrewd businessman. Depending on who you ask, he’s generally considered slightly right-leaning in matters relating to finance. He is still a Liberal party member, despite his love of money.
Which is a very good thing, as the shiny new conservative Party has yet to gain my trust. From what I’ve read, Martin plans to build his Prime Ministerhood on ethics, stronger financial accountability, rebuilding the military (good luck there!), strengthening international relations. I’m rather excited because how often do you have a new Mayor, a new Premier and a new Prime Minister all within 2 months of each other?
kelly: I’ll assume you’re in Toronto based on that comment. :) Martin should do a fairly good job (I hope). He seems nervous during press conferences so far, which makes me wonder a bit.