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Promise vs Reality
From: Lloyd Axelworthy
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In this chapter, Axworthy traces the arc from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to Canada’s domestic political upheaval of the early 1990s. He examines the 1993 election, the Liberal shift toward neo-liberalism, and his own efforts to reform unemployment insurance and social programs.
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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.
