Word: chretien
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President Clinton wrapped up his two-day Ottawa summit by joining Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in signing an "open skies" agreement that will eliminate air passenger and cargo restrictions that have cost the two nations an estimated $41 million a day. "It will create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity," Clinton promised. "We agreed to throw out 30 years of rules that have suffocated business." The treaty, 10 years in negotiation, will also mean that more cities on both sides of the border can offer cheaper, direct flights...
...military. ``I can only express my outrage and disgust. These people denigrate our proud Canadian military heritage,'' said Defense Minister David Collenette, who ordered General John de Chastelain, chief of defense staff, ``to investigate this matter and to report on it'' by Jan. 23. Prime Minister Jean Chretien went a step further. ``If we have to dismantle the Airborne Regiment, we'll dismantle it,'' he said while on a trip to Latin America and the Caribbean to drum up orders for Canadian business. ``I have no problem with that...
...growing simultaneously for the first time in years, the U.S. has recorded the best combination of steady production growth, rising employment and low inflation. The President also seized the chance to get better acquainted with some of his peers. Among them, Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Jean Chretien of Canada and Tomiichi Murayama of Japan were coming for the first time. In a meeting with Clinton before the summit, Murayama (who was hospitalized briefly for fatigue and diarrhea) promised to maintain policies of stimulating consumption, as the U.S. and other trade partners have been urging, to spur Japanese imports...
...then, some of the doubters had been brought into line. Britain reluctantly acquiesced on the condition that military action be severely limited. Clinton persuaded Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to go along despite worries about the safety of 2,000 Canadian peacekeepers. Even Greece, the most pro-Serb of the NATO nations, decided not to vote for the ultimatum, but cast no veto either...
...stunning rejection of the governing Progressive Conservative Party, Canadian voters threw Prime Minister Kim Campbell from office and elected Jean Chretien as their next leader. Chretien's Liberal Party won 177 of 295 seats in the House of Commons, while the Progressive Conservatives lost 153 of their 155 seats, the worst defeat in Canadian history. Chretien quickly caused concern in Washington by declaring that he would demand changes in the North American Free Trade Agreement...