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  Pierre Pettigrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pettigrew was elected to Parliament in a March 25, 1996 by-election.
At the 2003 WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, 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.
Pettigrew has long been rumoured to be a possible leadership candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada or as a leader of the provincial Quebec Parti libéral du Québec.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Pettigrew   (638 words)

  
 Pierre Pettigrew - Corporate Pett
Pierre Pettigrew epitomizes all that is most hated about the neoliberal free trade agenda and corporate globalization.
Pettigrew was also responsible for removing the "un" from Un-employment Insurance, a cosmetic strategy which was perhaps inspired by the successful nose-job which he underwent at around the same time.
Pettigrew's opponents were therefore unable to use it as ammunition when they most needed it.
www.geocities.com /ericsquire/articles/ftaa/pett030207.htm   (1008 words)

  
 The Globalist | Biography of Pierre Pettigrew
Pierre Pettigrew was appointed as Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs in July 2004.
Pettigrew was elected to the House of Commons in a March 1996 by-election and first joined the Cabinet in January 1996 as Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.
Pettigrew served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada from 1981 to 1984, as executive assistant to the Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1981.
www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=33   (212 words)

  
 Pierre Pettigrew: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pierre Stewart Pettigrew (born in Quebec City[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] on April 18, EHandler: no quick summary.
Pettigrew has long been rumoured to be a possible leadership candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada Liberal Party of Canada quick summary:
Peter pettigrew is a fictional character in the harry potter series of novels....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pierre_pettigrew.htm   (2267 words)

  
 Pierre Pettigrew [Canada out of Haiti!]
Pettigrew's support is in stark contrast to numerous human rights investigations that have condemned the unelected government.
On February 5, 2004, Pettigrew met with the self-styled "intellectual author" of the violent uprising that ousted Haiti's elected government.
The Canada Haiti Action Network believes that Pierre Pettigrew's unequivocal support to an unelected and brutal regime in Haiti, combined with his ties to those who led an armed uprising against Haiti's constitutional government, is reason enough for residents of Papineau to send Pettigrew packing on January 23rd.
outofhaiti.ca /pettigrew   (588 words)

  
 Pierre Pettigrew -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pettigrew is well known among the general public for his attention to his appearance: he is always immaculately dressed and every year is judged to have the best hair among male MPs.
On June 17, 2005, an incident occurred at a conference in Montreal regarding the subject of Haiti, at one point during the conference, Pettigrew was splashed with a red substance by Yves Engler, a political activist associated with the group Haiti Action Montreal.
On December 28, 2005, Pettigrew was the apparent victim of an attempted mugging while he was waiting for a train in the Montreal subway station.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pierre_Pettigrew   (1025 words)

  
 Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca: Pierre Pettigrew's alleged attacker denied bail
Pettigrew was talking on his cell phone at the time and attempted to ignore the man. Estelle allegedly then grabbed Pettigrew by the shoulder and attempted to wrestle his cell phone from his hand.
Pettigrew suffered minor injuries to the mouth and nose resulting from the altercation.
Earlier this year Pettigrew got in hot water when it was revealed he often brought his chauffeur with him on taxpayer-financed international trips.
sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051230/pettigrew_robbery_051230?sym=rss   (424 words)

  
 Parti libéral du Canada (Québec)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pierre Pettigrew was born in Quebec City in 1951.
Pettigrew to the positions of Minister of Health, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister responsible for official languages.
Pettigrew is the author of The New Politics of Confidence, which deals with globalization and the art of governing.
www.qc.liberal.ca /en/equipe/depute19.aspx   (261 words)

  
 Edited Evidence * NDDN * Number 040 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pierre Pettigrew: I think the committee will benefit from the views of General Hillier, who was just in the region, and some of the questions are very clear on whether people will be able to carry arms and this sort of thing.
Pierre Pettigrew: You were quite right to say that we made a commitment to reach the 0.7 per cent in the Millennium objectives.
Pierre Pettigrew: If, in terms of the current increases, we do not meet our objective until 2034, that means that the government is embarking in increases more quickly than scheduled to reach the objective by 2015, so as not to spread the sauce too thinly.
cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=125495   (9951 words)

  
 Sympatico / MSN : News : CTV.ca: Pettigrew says driver's $10,000 trips justified
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew says he was justified in racking up a bill of $10,000 to take his chauffeur on international trips.
Pettigrew took his chauffeur to Europe and South America in 2001 and 2002 at a cost to taxpayers of at least $10,000, even though the driver did not transport the minister during the visits, The Globe and Mail reports.
Pettigrew was criticized last Christmas for being late to respond to the tsunami crisis in Asia and rumours within the government suggest that he will be shuffled out of the job.
sympaticomsn.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126703462086_132?hub=TopStories   (647 words)

  
 Macleans.ca | Top Stories | Politics | Out of touch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pettigrew says the meeting was scheduled only briefly, as matching windows opened in his and Rice's rapidly changing schedules.
It's not so long ago that Pierre Pettigrew was the federal Liberals' fair-haired boy, hand-picked for cabinet by Jean Chrétien and such a key Quebec asset that one of Paul Martin's first moves as Prime Minister was to promote him to even greater responsibility.
Pettigrew ranks in the bottom fourth of all MPs, and he's missed more sitting days since the 2004 election, 23, than any minister except John Efford at Natural Resources, who was ill with diabetes.
www.macleans.ca /topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20050926_112683_112683   (2475 words)

  
 Pettigrew Soaked in "Blood" of Haiti : Thunderbay IMC
Pettigrew and his handlers are already trying to slander Engler as one who has a longstanding personal grudge against the Foreign Minister.
Pettigrew and the Canadian government have had plenty of opportunity to learn about the horrors of what they are supporting.
Pettigrew’s suit can be removed; he can return to this sham of an international conference and continue about shmoozing and enjoying fancy meals with an illegitimate government and its international accomplices, including the US, France, the World Bank and IMF.
thunderbay.indymedia.org /print.php?id=19951   (909 words)

  
 24048 - Papineau
Pettigrew is well respected and extremely popular, despited this being a close race he'll hold on, he's well liked with the grass roots.
If I were Pierre Pettigrew, I would take the position as chair of the OAS since he is definitely going to lose his seat this time around as the liberals continue in freefall in Quebec.
Pettigrew apparentl;y sees the handwriting on the wall, and is going to go while the gettin's good, accoding to thje CBC he's in line to get a cushy job at the OAS.
www.electionprediction.org /2005_fed/riding/24048-papineau.htm   (2776 words)

  
 The Dominion: What makes a scandal scandalous?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pierre Pettigrew is presented with the University of Miami report on human rights violations by Canadian-trained police in Haiti in February.
A reporter was sent to Pettigrew's apartment in the district of Montmartre, finding it occupied by a timber industry lobbyist and former Pettigrew staffer.
Pettigrew's various missteps were subjected to a fine-grained examination in the remainder of the article.
dominionpaper.ca /media_analysis/2005/11/08/what_makes.html   (1071 words)

  
 Pettigrew-Immigrants, 1st Writethru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pettigrew said that increasing the population to 40 million by welcoming more immigrants would help foot the bill for infrastructure such as roads and bridges.
Pettigrew made his comments in Montreal after a speech on the federal government's new foreign policy.
Citing the Kyoto accord on greenhouse gases, Pettigrew said a province like Alberta could not be allowed to express a point of view that is not Canada's, even though it has jurisdiction over its own natural resources and environment.
www.recorder.ca /cp/National/051013/n1013117A.html   (349 words)

  
 CBC Montreal - Pettigrew mugged in Montreal metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew was attacked in a Montreal metro station Wednesday night as a man tried to steal his cellphone.
Pettigrew's cellphone was returned to him after the incident.
Pettigrew's office told French media that it wasn't unusual for the minister to take public transportation without bodyguards.
www.cbc.ca /montreal/story/qc-pettigrew20051230.html   (148 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pettigrew met Sharon for an hour last Thursday and said he commended Sharon for his decision to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank — with a proviso.
Despite those moves, Pettigrew was taken to task by the Canada-Israel Committee and B’nai Brith Canada for laying a wreath on the grave of Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat.
Pettigrew ended his trip on a down note while visiting Beirut, where he called on Syria and Lebanon to support fledgling efforts at Mideast peace by reining in Hezbollah guerillas based in Lebanon.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=5619   (1055 words)

  
 Edited Evidence * FAAE * Number 012 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pierre Pettigrew: I will answer the question gladly, but I was just preoccupied, because having been trade minister for almost five years, I find where the questions come from is interesting.
Pierre Pettigrew: It goes without saying that the committee is free to see to it that things run smoothly.
Pierre Pettigrew: I very much appreciate this opportunity, because my first words will be to thank Dan McTeague for the excellent work he's been doing on consular affairs for some years now.
cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=125050   (8295 words)

  
 International Trade Minister on National Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Beside Mr Pettigrew, from the International trade Center, Tom Rogers and Rod Johnson, from the Canadian Western Agribition, Leon Brin, from the Western Canada Farm Progress, Roxanne Carr, from Brandt Industries, Mr.Gavin Semple, and from the Department, M. Ken Sunquist.
Minister Pierre Pettigrew(centre) as Maynor Motta, electronic manufacturing services manager for AMC Technologies Corp., describes how circuit boards are made at their plant in Edmonton, Alberta.
This means that Canada is the number one exporter in the G7." said Minister Pierre Pettigrew during a luncheon held at the Nisku Inn in Nisku, Alberta.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /department/focus/pettigrew_outreach-en.asp   (567 words)

  
 Pettigrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Pettigrew - English surgeon and expert on Egyptian mummies
Francis Pettigrew - a fictional barrister-cum-sleuth invented by crime writer Cyril Hare
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pettigrew   (104 words)

  
 Yves Engler apologizes to Pierre Pettigrew for spalshing red paint on his suit : IMC Maritimes
I was frustrated because Pettigrew has said nothing to condemn the February 2004 overthrow of the democratically elected government of Haiti-- not just President Jean Bertrand Aristide, but hundreds of local officials whose only "crime" was their popularity amongst ordinary Haitians.
Pettigrew has denied knowledge of any human rights abuses since the Canadian-backed coup despite the fact that in March I personally handed him a copy of an extensive report by the University of Miami's Center for Human Rights.
Pierre Pettigrew has ensured continued support for the installed government during his trips to Haiti in September and mid-March.
maritimes.indymedia.org /news/2005/07/10479.php   (1006 words)

  
 CBC News: Pettigrew quitting politics: report
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew is leaving politics to lead the Organization of American States, Montreal's Le Devoir newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The prime minister has lobbied Pettigrew not to take the job, saying people might think the foreign affairs minister is leaving because he is unhappy with the federal Liberals, according to other reports.
Pettigrew, a key Quebec minister for Martin, narrowly defeated the Bloc Québécois candidate in his east end Montreal riding during last June's federal election.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/04/26/pettigrew-oas050426.html   (216 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Canada condemns Tamil Tiger actions: Pettigrew
Pettigrew said Ottawa takes the reports of forced recruitment seriously and "we absolutely condemn the abduction of children and believe that it is fundamentally wrong.''
He raised the issue after Pettigrew's cabinet colleague, Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan, indicated Monday that the Foreign Affairs Department had been lobbying her against an outright ban on the Tigers.
Like Pettigrew he condemned terrorist acts but rejected calls for more stringent domestic action against the Tamil Tigers, saying Canada has been asked not to aggravate an already delicate situation.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1108489913609_103899113?hub=Canada   (533 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Pettigrew and was pleasantly surprised by the large number of involved  citizens who wanted  to discuss a wide range of foreign affairs topics of concern to members of the Papineau riding.
Minister Pettigrew seemed very uncomfortable in engaging his constituents in any meaningful discussion of the specific issues.
In the corridor outside the meeting room, it was clear that several of the questioners were quite insulted as they felt that Pettigrew seemed to be implying that they were terrorists.
www.imopa.ca /feb_Pettigrew_Saba.htm   (357 words)

  
 Government to churches: no right to speak out against same sex marriage
Pettigrew indicated that he didn’t think that the government and the churches should get involved in each other’s affairs.
While tax exempt status is conditional upon not having a political purpose, the churches were warned that since same sex marriage was now a political issue, the churches were risking their status if they spoke out about it.
Of course Martin, Pettigrew and the gang remain silent when the United Church of Canada (sometimes referred to as the NDP at prayer) speaks out in favour of same sex unions.
www.canadafreepress.com /2005/weinreb020105.htm   (822 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - France/Canada
Pierre Pettigrew and I have just had a particularly warm, friendly meeting, which is normal between our two countries.
Firstly, our bilateral relations are excellent and very long-standing; I’m not going to go back over their history, celebrated by the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first French settlement in North America.
Pierre Pettigrew and I (...) talked about the major issues of concern to both our countries: stability and peace in the world.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2004/barnier_canada091004.asp   (304 words)

  
 Pierre Pettigrew - Political Forums
I think it confirms what I've always thought of Pettigrew: he's a strange, delusional dude who should never have been made the man to represent Canada on the international stage.
Pettigrew expressed a very familiar Canadian perspective, voiced by our governments of various stripes throughout our post WWII history.
His comments are scarecely new, nor radical, and despite the alleged amusement among some, in fact similar opinions have been expressed by US and European commentators in the past.
www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2901   (453 words)

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