Martin to meet (ex-)President

In case you thought Canada's relationship with the US couldn't get any worse, Paul Martin is out to prove you wrong. Today, two days after hen-pecking the current administration on global warming, he's going to meet with the former administration.

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Martin to discuss climate with Clinton: report

Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Paul Martin will make an impromptu trip back to Montreal on Friday to bask in the political glow of a fellow liberal -- former U.S. president Bill Clinton, The Canadian Press has learned.

The prime minister has squeezed an additional campaign stop into his itinerary for a meeting with the popular two-term president, who still draws a large crowd whenever he visits Canada.

For Martin -- who has built part of his election campaign around his political differences with U.S. President George W. Bush -- the encounter with Clinton presents a golden opportunity.

The currentadministrationn isalreadyy none to happy with PMPM, but hey, what's a little salt between wounds. Yet Martin has been touting himself as the only guy who can solve our problems with the U.S. Memo to Paul: This isn't fixing anything.