Ottawa
Jean Chretien wakeboarding
The former prime minister seems to be enjoying retirement
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien smiles as he arrives at a conference in Montreal Thursday, April 14, 2011.The Federal Court has ordered Ottawa to pay $200,000 to former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien.The money is compensation for legal fees Chretien incurred while he fought the findings of a federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal. The CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Twenty years after the water-skiing photo, Jean Chretien shows off again. Which at least allows us, for at least 80 seconds, to look at something that is not (yet?) related to a political scandal of some kind.