1 December, 2011
After Paul Martin lost the 2006 federal election, few Canadians would have been surprised if the defeated Liberal prime minister opted to slink quietly into a cushy corporate or law firm job.
That’s because virtually all of our former prime ministers have done just that, avoiding public life and instead spending most of their post-political careers sitting on the boards of big businesses, advising rich legal clients or playing golf.
But Martin has chosen a different path — one as a humanitarian activist on issues ranging from aboriginal education and the environment in Canada to poverty in Africa.
http://www.thestar.com/article/1095191--hepburn-paul-martin-is-making-a-difference