Former government leaders often find it difficult to leave behind the ego-boosting lifestyle that comes with election to their country’s highest office. Limousines, swank hotels, photo ops with similarly eminent international worthies … it’s a heady world to lose just because you’re no longer in power.
Thus it must have been a tempting proposition when former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was offered the opportunity of a one-on-one session with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Chrétien is a member of the InterAction Council, an old-boys club of former presidents and prime ministers that gets together regularly to discuss world affairs and …read more
Source: National Post
