Paul Martin

Paul Martin

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Paul Martin served as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006, following a long career in politics that included roles as Minister of Finance and Minister of National Health and Welfare. He is known for his role in reducing the national deficit and implementing a number of social programs aimed at improving health care and education. Martin has been an advocate for various global issues, including poverty reduction and international development, and has remained active in public discourse, often emphasizing the importance of Canadian identity and values in response to foreign criticisms.

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Paul Martin is an Economics and Finance graduate who is seeking to build a career in corporate finance.

Why graduate trainee initiatives are a lifeline for young professionals
The Citizen – major Tanzanian English newspaper, est. 2004·TanzaniaTanzania· 2026-06-02
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Mr. Reid, a principal at communications firm Feschuk.Reid and onetime senior aide to former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin.

Life under conservatives isn’t good enough, Navdeep Bains says in pitch for Ontario Liberal leader
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2026-05-28
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Paul Martin, chief executive of NSW Education Standards, acknowledged that HSC mathematics was perceived as difficult.

Financial literacy to be taught earlier after numeracy skills decline
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-03-02
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Paul Martin is a camel farmer who plans to export camel milk to the United States.

How an Australian farmer is planning to get US consumers hooked on camel milk | Australia news
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-02-21
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Paul Martin, the NESA chief executive, stated that the expansion of provisions is a response to the increasing need for support among students.

School principals to decide which measures students can receive
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-15
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Wesley Wark served on an advisory council on national security for former prime ministers Paul Martin and Stephen Harper.

Experts worry Elections Alberta lacks resources to deal with foreign interference
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2026-01-24
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The last (and only) Canadian national-security strategy, published by Paul Martin’s government in April, 2004, was a deliberate repudiation of the George W. Bush doctrine.

Canada should craft its own national-security policy
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-12-16
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Paul Martin warned that a sovereign Quebec would have no say in the Bank of Canada’s setting of monetary policy.

If anyone can poke holes in the PQ’s currency plan, it’s Mark Carney
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-20
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Paul Martin is a journalist who recalls the media's obsession with Caroline Flack and the financial incentives for writing stories about her.

Caroline Flack - Search for the Truth review: A heartbreaking story, but did it need revisiting? – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-11-11
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Paul Martin's Liberal government first enacted a minimum punishment for child-porn possession in 2005.

Supreme Court under fire for ruling against mandatory-minimum sentences in child-porn case
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-10
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Paul Martin's budget of 1994 played so badly at home and on international markets that it propelled the Liberals to a much more ambitious attempt the next year.

The next steps the Liberals must take to restore Canada’s fiscal stability
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-09
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Paul Martin was prime minister when Irwin Cotler raised human rights during a meeting with a Chinese delegation.

Ottawa’s focus on diversifying trade overshadows human-rights issues, experts say
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-08
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The 'third way' described by Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Canada’s Paul Martin seemed to mix the best parts of capitalism and socialism into one happy 1990s cocktail.

The extraction economy is squeezing us for every penny. We can’t progress until it’s stopped
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-07
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Paul Martin was a finance minister who later became Prime Minister and worked on returning the budget to surplus.

Man of the moment: François-Philippe Champagne prepares for make-or-break budget
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-31
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Scott Reid, a one-time senior aide to former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, said the provincial party needs to focus all of its attention on one person: Mr. Ford.

Ford set to face questions on jobs, conflict-of-interest allegations as legislature resumes
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-18
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The strategic partnership was first launched under Paul Martin’s government.

In Beijing, Anand signals warming relationship with China
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-17
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Paul Martin is the head of NESA, emphasizing the importance of handwriting while modernizing the HSC exam experience.

Extension course enrolments plummet amid STEM push
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-10-15
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Paul Martin was the finance minister who played a key role in balancing the budget within three years in 1995.

For Canada’s finances, it’s looking like 1995 all over again. How will today’s Liberals handle it?
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-12
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Prime Minister Paul Martin’s minority Liberal government publicly announced that it would not participate in President George W. Bush’s ballistic missile defence program.

Golden Dome signals change to Canada’s long-time opposition to joining U.S. missile defence
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-11
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The policy against working with the Americans on ballistic-missile defence was established in 2005 under the former Paul Martin government.

Canada should seek central role for NORAD in Golden Dome or risk marginalization, MPs told
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-10
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In 2005, former prime minister Paul Martin’s Liberal government rejected joining a U.S. ballistic missile defence system.

McGuinty defends Canada’s Golden Dome collaboration with U.S., citing potential threats
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-08
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Prime Minister Paul Martin refused to join U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense in 2005.

Canada has been working for years to prepare for Golden Dome, Air Force general says
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-08
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I was asked to lead prime minister Paul Martin’s 'Special Advisory Team on Sudan.'

The UN’s Security Council has killed the Responsibility to Protect
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-10-02
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Paul Martin acted as emcee during Kate O’Connor's homecoming event.

Kate O’Connor receives hero’s welcome at Dundalk homecoming – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-09-25
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Former prime minister Paul Martin argued the quality of life of Northern residents needed to be the top priority.

To strengthen Canada, start in the North
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-09-19
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Mr. Dryden was a minister of social development under then-prime-minister Paul Martin.

MPs pay tribute to Ken Dryden with moment of silence, remarks
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-09-18
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Paul Martin was the former prime minister who appointed Ken Dryden as minister of social development.

Political world pays tribute to hockey great Ken Dryden’s public service
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-09-07
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