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Article: Martin says all the right things to chiefs. (News).(Paul Martin)
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- August 1, 2002
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It was probably an innocent mistake when National Chief Matthew Coon Come mistakenly listed "prime minister" as one of the jobs Paul Martin has held in his career.
Coon Come was introducing the former minister of finance to the audience of chiefs, proxies and others AT the Kahnawake bingo hail, site of the 2002 Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly on July 17.
The slip of the tongue produced a number of amused grins at the head table, even forcing a smile from the Liberal MP for the nearby riding of Lasalle Emard.
Martin left Cabinet and his post as minister of finance in the Jean Chretien government about a month ago, rather than ...