At the age of eight, Martin contracted polio. Fortunately, he regained his healthy body from the devil and became one of the few healthy people without sequelae. This childhood experience not only gave Martin the courage to fight against difficulties, but also made him feel the protection of the lucky god. Martin's father, also named Paul Martin, was a member of parliament of canada and a heavyweight in the federal government. As a child, Martin has abundant energy and smart mind. Under the influence of his father as a politician, Martin gradually developed a cautious and bold lifestyle. 1958, Martin came to St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto to study philosophy and history, and later Martin transferred to law school to study law. 1966 Martin qualified as a lawyer and determined to become a lawyer who can serve the third world. But then Martin accepted the advice of others and devoted himself to the development of Canadian business and politics. Early family education and college study experience made Martin a man with business and political foresight. He doesn't like to pursue fashion culture. He once said that he likes reading historical books with depth and movies with ideological connotation best. 1965, Martin married Shirakovan. Cowen and Martin are family friends. Cowen is a good friend of Martin's sister and one of Martin's loyal admirers. Shanghai's budding edge accumulates political capital.
1967, Canadian prime minister Pearson announced his resignation. As a veteran of the Liberal Party, 65-year-old Martin Sr was once regarded as the best candidate for the party leader. Martin bid farewell to the energy company and went all out to help his father run for office. From writing speeches, formulating campaign platforms to leading campaign activities, Xiao Martin is hands-on. Although old Martin lost the election in the end, this experience of helping his father run for public office left the most precious political wealth for young Martin. Martin not only learned the way of governing the country from his father, but also learned the lesson of failure from his father. This experience is crucial for Martin's career success and eventually winning the throne of the Prime Minister. Now 65-year-old Martin finally realized his father's legacy. 1968, Martin returned to the energy company and became an important figure in the company. At that time, the operating conditions of energy companies were not ideal. After Martin mastered the management power, he took a series of measures to cut expenses, abolish redundant staff and strengthen management, and finally made the power company a competitive enterprise. After that, Martin, who has just emerged, successfully helped many enterprises get out of trouble, showing his extraordinary management ability. 1974, Martin was appointed as the chairman and CEO of Canada Steamboat Company, and Martin held this position for 14 years. These management experiences have laid a solid foundation for Martin to serve as the federal finance minister in the future and successfully revitalize the Canadian economy. The "Architect" of Canadian Social Policy
1988, Martin officially embarked on the political road, and was elected as a member of the federal parliament for the first time and became a member of Montreal, Quebec. Since then, Martin has embarked on a long road to win the throne of the Liberal Party leader and the Federal Chancellor. 1990, Martin competed with Chretien for the position of leader of the Liberal Party for the first time. The first move of the two masters, Martin finally lost because of lack of experience and opportunity. But since then, Martin has taken root in the Liberal Party. From 65438 to 0993, Martin made great contributions to the success of the Liberal Party in gaining the status of the ruling party. In the same year, Martin became the finance minister of Chretien government. At that time, Canada's economic development was slow and the government budget deficit was staggering. After becoming the finance minister, Martin took a global view, made full use of the powerful factors of the overall rise of the world economy and the strong development of the American economy, vigorously reformed the Canadian economic system, advocated free trade and tax reduction policies, and vigorously cut the government budget. 1998, the Canadian government realized the government fiscal surplus for the first time, and Martin contributed a lot. Martin is known as the "designer" of Canada's social policy after the Cold War because of his important contribution to restoring Canada's financial order and promoting national economic development. After the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis, he also advocated the establishment of the G-20 to promote Canada to play an active role in international affairs, which earned Martin a good reputation in the international financial community. 200 1, as the finance minister, entered the "dream cabinet" lineup selected by the World Economic Forum. Finally realized the "dream of the party leader"
Excellent political achievements and solid inner-party foundation prompted Martin to germinate his desire to compete with Chretien for the leader of the Liberal Party again. In 2000, Martin competed with Chretien for the party leader again, but this time he failed again. But Martin is full-fledged at this time, and winning the championship is imminent. In June, 2002, Chretien dismissed Martin from his post as finance minister to reduce his power. However, this move failed, and Martin officially formed his own campaign team. Two months later, under the double pressure of Martin's supporters in the Liberal Party and the external corruption scandal, Chretien was forced to announce his early retirement in February 2004. In 2003, Martin's supporters in the Liberal Party instigated the early re-election of the party leader, with the aim of putting Chretien in an awkward position as the leader of the non-ruling party and forcing Chretien to hand over power in advance. On September 19-2 1 day, the Liberal Party of Canada voted to elect a new leader. Of the 53 10000 members of the Liberal Party, 5,800 representatives will be elected to prepare for the leadership election meeting to be held in June 1 1. On September 2 1 day, nearly 90% of the elected representatives claimed to support Martin as the new leader of the Liberal Party. 165438+ 10/2, the National Congress of the Liberal Party was held in Toronto; 165438+1October 14, Martin won the support of most people and defeated his only competitor, kops, to become the leader of the Liberal Party. Political platform: promoting social reform and improving international status
On the first day when Martin became the leader of the Federal Liberal Party, he announced some new policies and began to honor his campaign promises. In reforming the Canadian government system, Martin appointed a committee to discuss the congressional reform plan, giving members more power to vote, make and amend laws, and examining the ways of political appointment in detail. At the same time, Martin promised that after taking office, he would change the original nomination system, implement a decentralized democratization policy, and implement an open nomination election, with grassroots voters nominating members of Congress. In addition, he also promised to take measures to increase the proportion of women members of Congress. On the other hand, Martin hopes to reduce the excessive power of the Prime Minister's Office and return to the normal state of "more democracy". In terms of economic policy, Martin believes that although Canada has suffered setbacks in the short term, the Canadian economy has not stagnated or declined. Martin said that he will continue to work hard to balance the budget, further reduce the government debt ratio and tax rate, and promote free trade. In terms of social policy, Martin promised to further implement the liberalization policy and continue to recognize the legalization of homosexuality and decriminalization of possession of a small amount of marijuana. In foreign policy, Martin promised to strengthen foreign relations and enhance Canada's role and position in international affairs after taking office. The first is to improve the current tense relationship between Canada and the United States. Martin said that the United States is the only superpower in the world at present, and Canada must "build a proud partnership with its closest friends and nearest neighbors" on the basis of mutual respect. At the same time, Martin promised to improve Canada's international status, promote regional free trade, actively participate in international affairs, increase military spending and strengthen foreign aid. He said that Canada must lead the establishment of a multilateral international system. Only in this way can we cope with international terrorism, financial shocks and infectious diseases such as SARS and West Nile virus that seriously affect Canada. He said that in order to improve its international status, Canada "needs a completely different world view". He also said that Canada has the most diverse population and the most open economic system in the world, which can be used as a catalyst for establishing a new world order. "We can build a bridge between the most powerful economy and the weakest economy in the world," he said in a large interview. He promised to promote the development of free trade in North America, eliminate trade barriers between the United States and Europe, strengthen aid to African countries, economic and trade exchanges and the construction of international order, crack down on money laundering activities that finance international terrorism, and revitalize the Canadian army. He also said that in recent years, Chretien has played a leading role in western aid to Africa, banning land exploitation and establishing international courts, but "these are far from enough". He also said that in order to ensure Canada's economic leading position in the international community, it will fully invest in education and science and technology. Criticism of its minority government
When the Conservative Party threatened to use the opportunity of Canada Opposition Day to pass the parliamentary agenda of early elections. The Conservative Party will propose to Martin's government that motion of no confidence should overthrow Martin's liberal government. In order to avoid it, Martin's government was overthrown by the no-confidence vote of the New Democracy Party on October 25th, 2005. In the federal election held on June 23, 2006, Martin and the Federal Liberal Party lost the election. After admitting defeat in the election, Martin announced that he would resign as leader of the Liberal Party.