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Charlie Watt, Inuk leader (born 29 June 1944 in Fort Chimo [now Kuujjuaq], Québec). Watt founded the Northern Québec Inuit Association in 1972 and was a negotiator for the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA), signed in 1975. He served in the Canadian Senate from 1984 to 2018. Since January 2018, he has served as president of Makivic Corporation in Nunavik, the Inuit homeland in northern Quebec.
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Chester Alvin Ronning, diplomat (b at Fancheng [Xiangfan], China 13 Dec 1894; d at Camrose, Alta 31 Dec 1984). He spent his early years in China and in northern Alberta.
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It did not take an Ottawa insider to know George Baker was on slippery ground with his own government.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 19, 1998
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on December 23, 1996. Partner content is not updated. Inside his third-floor Parliament Hill office last Thursday, Prime Minister Jean CHRÉTIEN spent part of the morning signing some of the 1,000 Christmas cards that will be sent out with his personal signature.
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 8, 1996. Partner content is not updated. Few would disagree. At 2:10 a.m. on Nov. 5, Dallaire arrived at the fence surrounding 24 Sussex Drive - and spent 20 minutes throwing stones onto the grounds and waving at security cameras that, ostensibly, were being monitored by Jean Chrétien's RCMP security staff.
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Maclean's:The furor over the GST raised emotions on all sides.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 30, 1996
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As he prepared to deal with mounting criticism of his government's handling of national unity issues and last week's cabinet shuffle, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien spoke to Ottawa Editor Anthony Wilson-Smith.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 5, 1996
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There had to be a better way for Paul Martin to quell the jitters in that band of Liberal supporters who can't wait for him to become top dog in the pound.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 27, 2000
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This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 5, 1997. Partner content is not updated. Memories are made of such things - if any of those patrons could later find anyone who believed them. Other than that, there are several prospective lessons to be drawn from the latest escapade of Jean Chrétien, full-time prime minister and sometime prankster.
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No one doubts the sincerity of Jean Chrétien's unabashed, if sometimes hokey, expressions of love for Canada. His years as prime minister may best be remembered for ending the spiral of deficit spending by federal governments, but Chrétien has always envisaged leaving a less actuarial legacy.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 6, 1999
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Jean CHRÉTIEN has always looked back at his six years as minister of INDIAN affairs with an equal measure of fondness and something resembling regret. He has called his work from 1968 to 1974 among the most satisfying of his career.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 14, 2002
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The message seemed as clear as a sign on the door: in this fight, at least, anglophones need not apply.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 9, 1995
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On the weekend before he planned to shuffle his cabinet, Jean Chrétien was tired but in a teasing mood.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 5, 1996
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In his first eight years as prime minister, Jean CHRÉTIEN didn't exactly dazzle when it came to foreign policy. But in 2002 all that was supposed to change: this would be the year he made his international mark.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 25, 2002
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Say this for Jean Chrétien: for a man considered cautious in character, he delivered one of the most important - and predictable - announcements of his life in utterly unpredictable fashion.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 2, 2002
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