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Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
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Born 28 August 1938 · Q128529
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Martin was co-chair of the Congo Basin Forest Fund, along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai, to address global warming and poverty issues in a ten-nation region in Africa
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Chrétien was cleared of all allegations of involvement in the scandal
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Election lost: 2006 federal election.
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After it became clear that the Conservatives were on their way to a plurality, Martin conceded defeat
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Campaign: 2006 federal election.
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And also in the CBC mockumentary series Jimmy MacDonald's Canada in 2005
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2006–2008).
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Cleared Martin of any wrongdoing while placing some blame for the scandal on Chrétien for lack of oversight, although it acknowledged that Chrétien had no knowledge of the scandal
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The government announced that Martin had advised Queen Elizabeth II to appoint Michaëlle Jean as governor general
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MP Belinda Stronach crossed the floor from the Conservative Party and joined the Liberal Party to become Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
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To attempt to gain support from the Canadian people to let the inquiry run its course before an election was called
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Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew told the House of Commons that Canada would not participate in the American National Missile Defense Program, and that he expected to be consulted in the case of a missile being
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The opposition parties in the House of Commons passed a motion of no confidence contending that his government was corrupt after the Gomery Commission released new details about the sponsorship scandal, which triggered t
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“I mean if there are going to be missiles that are going off and there are going to be going off over Canadian airspace whether we want it or not, no I don't think that is acceptable. I think that we want to be at the table.”
Indicating that sponsorship contracts designed to increase the federal government's status in Quebec resulted in little to no work done
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Campaign: 2004 federal election.
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2004–2006).
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That "[u]nlike the federal and provincial governments, municipalities cannot borrow for operating purposes; they can only do so for capital expenditures
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Citing recent court rulings and his personal belief that same-sex marriage was primarily a human rights issue
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While the Conservatives won 10 seats there
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Martin was appointed by then-Governor General Adrienne Clarkson as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada
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Was declared the winner at the Liberal leadership convention, capturing 3,242 of 3,455 votes
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Martin easily defeated his sole remaining opponent, former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps, securing 93 percent of the party delegates
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Awarded Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (2003).
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Career landmark: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (2003–2006).
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“I don't think there is any doubt, if there ever was . . . that Saddam Hussein does have weapons of mass destruction. Biological weapons that they discovered were very clear evidence of not only the fact that he had them, but that he had lied and that he is continuing to lie.”
That banned corporate donations, even though the Liberals had enjoyed by far the lion's share of this funding due to the then-divided opposition parties
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006).
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And 2004 that allowed for the legalization of same-sex marriages in seven provinces and one territory, the government proposed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage across Canada
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Was removed as finance minister as tensions with Chrétien reached their peak
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Moody's and Standard and Poor's restored Canada's domestic and foreign currency debt ratings to AAA
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (2000–2004).
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Having regained much of the ground lost in 1997
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Martin introduced a balanced budget, an event that had occurred only twice in 36 years before 1997
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1997–2000).
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Career landmark: Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (1993–1996).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1993–1997).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1993–2002).
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And in 1994, Moody's lowered its rating on Canada's foreign currency debt from Aaa to Aa1, partly due to Canada's growing public debt
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Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1988–1993).
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Martin was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the southwestern Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard
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The Liberal Party was defeated under the leadership of John Turner, falling to just 40 seats
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Power Corporation reversed itself and took over the investment portfolio that had been sold to CSL five years earlier
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CSL earnings were further hurt by an eight-week strike on the Great Lakes
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Martin was appointed president and CEO of the CSL Group
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When forced to cover unexpected cost overruns in the construction of three 80,000-ton ocean-going tankers at Davie Shipbuilding
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CSL minority shareholders sold outstanding shares to Power Corporation, making CSL a Power Corporation subsidiary
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Paul Martin, the 32-year-old executive assistant to Power Corporation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maurice Strong, was appointed to the CSL board of directors
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Power Corporation took a controlling share in Canada Steamship Lines
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Martin married Sheila Ann Cowan, with whom he has three sons: Paul, Jamie and David
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At the age of eight (like his father, who contracted the disease in 1907)
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Born 1938-08-28.
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I don't think there is any doubt, if there ever was . . . that Saddam Hussein does have weapons of mass destruction. Biological weapons that they discovered were very clear evidence of not only the fact that he had them, but that he had lied and that he is continuing to lie.
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