1. Pierre Stewart Pettigrew was born on April 18,1951 and is a Canadian politician and businessman.
20 Facts About Pierre Pettigrew
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Pierre Pettigrew served in the Liberal cabinet of Jean Chretien in various capacities and in the government of Paul Martin as Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Pierre Pettigrew thus appointed Pettigrew and Stephane Dion to cabinet, even before they were in the house.
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Pierre Pettigrew was elected to Parliament in a March 25,1996 by-election.
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Pierre Pettigrew negotiated with the provinces and the territories the National Child Benefit, the most important social program since Canada Pension Plan, a 10 billions program by now.
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Pierre Pettigrew implemented the new Employment Insurance Program which became balanced after years of deficit despite lowering the premiums.
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Pierre Pettigrew was fortunate to have been shuffled to the portfolio of International Trade.
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Pierre Pettigrew was a key participant in the World Trade Organization trade talks, claiming that Canada's main goal of lowering agricultural subsidies would be of great benefit to the world's poorer nations.
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At the 2003 WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Pierre Pettigrew played an aggressive role as chair of the working group on the Singapore issues, controversial sectors of proposed liberalization which were bitterly opposed by some developing nation delegates, not to mention masses of protesters outside of the gates where the meetings were held.
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Pierre Pettigrew championed the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and in the period leading up to the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in 2001, he spearheaded a campaign to allay growing public suspicion of the deal by promising the eventual release of the draft negotiating texts.
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The newspaper suggested that Pierre Pettigrew had sufficient support among OAS members to win the job, although officially Canada supported the election of Luis Ernesto Derbez of Mexico in the 2005 OAS Secretary General election.
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Pierre Pettigrew has long been rumoured to be a possible leadership candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada or as a leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec.
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In 1999, Pierre Pettigrew wrote Pour une politique de la confiance, a book on globalization and the art of governing.
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On June 17,2005, an incident occurred at a conference in Montreal regarding the subject of Haiti, at one point during the conference, Pierre Pettigrew was splashed with a red substance by Yves Engler, a political activist associated with the group Haiti Action Montreal.
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Pierre Pettigrew told police that he wanted full charges pressed against Engler.
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However, a couple of days later, Pierre Pettigrew suddenly decided to drop all charges.
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On December 28,2005, Pierre Pettigrew was the victim of an attempted mugging while he was waiting for a train in the Montreal subway station.
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At the 2006 election, Pierre Pettigrew was defeated by Bloc challenger Vivian Barbot.
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On October 23,2006, Deloitte Canada's Managing Partner and Chief Executive Alan MacGibbon announced that Pierre Pettigrew had been appointed as Executive Advisor for the firm's international activities.
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Pierre Pettigrew was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Warwick in July 2008.