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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canadian ex-PM seeks to help Liberals match his 1993 landslide victory

Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretién speaks  in Ottawa, Ontario, in March 2025.
The former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien speaks in Ottawa, Ontario, in March 2025. Photograph: Blair Gable/Reuters

In the frenzy of a Canadian general election campaign, few things drain party activists more than the relentless travel, as they crisscross the country’s vast geography to drum up support in far-flung electoral districts.

But ahead of what has been described as the most consequential general election in a lifetime, the 91-year-old former prime minister Jean Chrétien has campaigned for the Liberals in 30 electoral districts across the country as the party seeks to match – or even eclipse – his 1993 landslide victory.

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