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Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the media after signing the guest book upon his arrival on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Canada Obama
President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien smile for the cameras during an APEC Leaders Summit family photograph in Shanghai, China, Sunday Oct. 21, 2001. Prime Minister Chretien announced Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002 he intends to step down in February 2004. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
APEC Summit
HOWDY--Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien lifts his leg to display a pair of cowboy boots he is wearing for an informal evening dinner hosted by U.S. President Bill Clinton in Denver, Colorado, the site if the Summit of Eight, Saturday June 21, 1997. With Chretien is U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chretien's wife Aline. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Summit of Eight
Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien comes forward to hongi, a welcoming gesture, with Hugh Kawharu, a Maori elder during a welcoming of the APEC conference in Auckland, New Zealand, in this Sept. 12, 1999 file photo. Chretien said Wednesday he will not seek a fourth mandate and will leave office in February 2004. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Welcoming Gesture
Prime Minister Jean Chretien races up the stairs from the House of Commons to his office after Question Period, Wednesday December 11, 2002. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Chretien
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, supported by his wife Mila, jokes with the media trevelling on his campaign plane Nov. 22, 1988 during the flight home to Ottawa from Baie Comeau. Mulroney wore the sign that said he would not run in 1999, a response to questions earlier in the day regarding his intentions for a third term of office. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press<br>
Mulroney Election Campaign
Liberal leader John Turner and Conservative leader Brian Mulroney point fingers at each other during a debate from the 1988 federal election campaign. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Election Debate
FILE--Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau looks on as Cuban President Fidel Castro gestures during a visit ot a Havana houising project in this Jan. 27, 1976 photo. With Cuban leader Castro ailing and a new government in Ottawa, some Cuban-Canadians say the time is now for Canada to undo what they consider the damage done by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when he cultivated a friendly relationship with the communist country. Some observers congratulate Trudeau for establishing an &quotenlightened" foreign policy which they say has benefited Canadian industry, while others blame Trudeau for cozy relations with &quotthe world’s largest prison." Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
CUBA CASTRO CDA
Finance Minister Marc Lalonde going over his budget April 18, 1983 while a TV camera sneaks a look at the budget document. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Lalonde Budget
(OTT19) OTTAWA, Nov 5--Odd man out--Quebec Premier Rene Levesque quietly smokes as Prime Minister Trudeau confers with finance Minister Allan MacEachan during the closing session of the 1981 constitutional conference in Ottawa. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press
Constitutional Coference
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