ISRAEL: CANADIAN PM JEAN CHRETIEN VISIT
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Canada's Prime Minister apologised on Sunday for World War II immigration policies, barring Jewish refugees from entry.
The Prime Minister was visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Israel, on the second day of his Middle East tour.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien will spend 11 days in the region, before returning to Canada on April 20th.
The second day of the Canadian Prime Minister's visit to Israel and the Middle East, on Sunday, was a grave one.
In the morning, he paid tribute at Yad Vashem - the Holocaust Museum - in Jerusalem.
As is traditional, the Eternity Flame - in the museum's memorial hall - was made to burn brighter at his approach.
The flame burns constantly in the memory of the (m) millions of Jews killed during the holocaust.
The Canadian Prime Minister chose to colour the occasion with a wreath - presented by a Canadian mountie.
The flowers were laid above a stone floor, embedded with the names of concentration camps.
Prime Minister Chretian expressed regret for his government's immigration policies during the 1940s, which barred Jewish refugees from entering Canada.
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For me to be here..I was in Auschwitz last year.. I think that it's a great occasion, very emotional occasion. Yes, errors were made in 1940, but as you know, Canada is the most open nation for refugees from all the world.
SUPER CAPTION: Jean Chretien , Canadian Prime Minister
A large community of Canadian Jews live in Israel - most holding two passports.
Later on Sunday, Jean Chretien visited the grave of Yitzhak Rabin, with the former Israeli Prime Minister's widow, Leah.
Rabin was assassinated on 4 November, 1995 - after a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
He was buried two days later at Mt Herzl's soldiers' cemetary - reflecting periods of service as Chief of Staff of the Israeli army and Israeli Defence Minister.
Later on Sunday, the Canadian Prime Minister met Israeli President Weizman and Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
The Canadian Prime Minister will spend 11 days in the Middle East region, before returning to Canada on April 20th.
During his visit, he will travel to Palestinian Liberation Organisation territory, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and South Africa.
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Canada's first francophone prime minister, Laurier is often considered one of the country's greatest statesmen. He is well known for his policies of conciliation, expanding Confederation, and compromise between French and English Canada. His vision for Canada was a land of individual liberty and decentralized federalism. He also argued for an English-French partnership in Canada. I have had before me as a pillar of fire, he said, a policy of true Canadianism, of moderation, of reconciliation. He passionately defended individual liberty, Canada is free and freedom is its nationality, and Nothing will prevent me from continuing my task of preserving at all cost our civil liberty. Laurier was also well-regarded for his efforts to establish Canada as an autonomous country within the British Empire, and he supported the continuation of the Empire if it was based on absolute liberty political and commercial.
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi]; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (French: Cardinal de Richelieu [kaʁdinal d(ə) ʁiʃ(ə)ljø]), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered.
Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the king's Chief Minister or First Minister. He sought to consolidate royal power and crush domestic factions. By restraining the power of the nobility, he transformed France into a strong, centralized state. His chief foreign policy objective was to check the power of the Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and to ensure French dominance in the Thirty Years' War that engulfed Europe. Although he was a cardinal, he did not hesitate to make alliances with Protestant rulers in attempt to achieve his goals. While a powerful political figure, events like the Day of the Dupes (Jour des Dupes) show that in fact he very much depended on the king's confidence to keep this power.
As alumnus of the University of Paris and headmaster of the College of Sorbonne, he renovated and extended the institution. Richelieu was also famous for his patronage of the arts; most notably, he founded the Académie française, the learned society responsible for matters pertaining to the French language. Richelieu is also known by the sobriquet l'Éminence rouge (the Red Eminence), from the red shade of a cardinal's clerical dress and the style eminence as a cardinal. As an advocate for Samuel de Champlain and of the retention of New France, he founded the Compagnie des Cent-Associés and saw the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye return Quebec City to French rule under Champlain, after the settlement had been taken by the Kirkes in 1629. This in part allowed the colony to eventually develop into the heartland of Francophone culture in North America.
Richelieu has been depicted in popular fiction frequently, most notably as a leading character in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers and its numerous film adaptations.