Word: chretien
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, seeming almost taken by surprise as the vote neared, finally made a dramatic unity speech on Friday. But it may be too little, too late. The spectacle of the Canadian people coming from all over the continent to plead with Quebec to stay in the union can be seen as a referendum on Chretien's failed leadership on one of his most fundamental responsibilities: preserving the nation. "Quebec is tired of being treated as if it was not to be taken seriously, as if it would never leave, no matter what," says TIME International editor...
There are moments, like the one the other day in Ottawa, when Bill Clinton may wonder why he is bothering to run for re-election. At the end of a summit with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Clinton was asked by an American reporter if it was true, as a local newspaper had suggested, that he had traveled to Canada more as a "titular" leader than an actual one, given how power had shifted to the Republican-controlled Congress. Clinton bristled. "Unless I miss my guess, a bill doesn't become law unless I sign it or it passes over...
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...
President Clinton began a two-day Ottawa summit with Prime Minister Jean Chretien with a folksy address to the Canadian Parliament in which he reaffirmed U.S. peacekeeping commitments to its northern neighbor, despite Republican-led efforts to scale them back. "For a half-century, the United States has shared your philosophy of action and consistent exercise of leadership abroad," Clinton told his enthusiastic audience. "And I am determined, notwithstanding all the crosscurrents in our country, that we shall preserve that commitment." But Clinton dodged what White House aides said would be a public statement opposing Canada's Quebec separatist movement...
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...