The Right Hon. Paul Martin
October 11, 2011 Toronto Roundtable: Aboriginal Canadians: Educating the Youngest, Fastest-growing Segment of our Population
The Right Honourable Paul Martin was the twenty-first Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006, Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2002 and he served as the Member of Parliament for LaSalle-Émard in Montréal, Québec from 1988 to 2008. He is respected internationally in large part for his innovative leadership in working to forge a new global financial order.
Domestically, he leads the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative which aims at reducing the Aboriginal youth dropout rate and at increasing the number of Aboriginal students attending post-secondary institutions. He also founded, along with his son David, the Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship Fund, whose investments seek to further a culture of economic independence, ownership and entrepreneurship amongst both on and off reserve Aboriginal peoples, through the creation and growth of successful businesses.
Join us to hear The Right Hon. Paul Martin, P.Q. at an off-the-record C.D. Howe Institute Roundtable.
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