Former PM Jean Chrétien in February 2015 at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Canadian flag. (Chris Young/CP)
OTTAWA — Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien injected himself into the federal election campaign Saturday with a scathing critique of Stephen Harper’s foreign policy.
In a blistering, open letter to three newspapers, Chretien accused the Conservative leader of shredding Canada’s international reputation as a peace-seeking, progressive and compassionate country.
And he charged that Harper’s “cold-hearted reaction” to the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis has “shamed Canada in the eyes of Canadians and of the international community.”
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Source: Macleans
