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1988 Election, Free Trade, and the Leadership
From: Lloyd Axelworthy
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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses the 1988 Canadian election, a proposed free-trade agreement with the United States, and the 1990 Liberal leadership race that brought Jean Chrétien to power.
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Lloyd Axelworthy
Lloyd Axworthy is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In 2000, he retired from politics, returning to western Canada where he served as President of the University of Winnipeg for ten years. In December, 2015 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada. He now chairs the World Refugee and Migration Council and lives with his wife Denise, in Ottawa.
