PMO refutes Layton's claim about Martin, summit
Updated Mon. Aug. 20 2007 5:25 PM ET
Canadian Press
MONTREAL -- An official in the Prime Minister's Office says Paul Martin is not at the closed-door North American Leaders' Summit in Montebello, Que.
During a Montreal news conference, federal NDP Leader Jack Layton appeared to say the former prime minister was part of an elite group of business leaders invited to the meeting.
But PMO spokeswoman Sandra Buckler said Monday that Martin is not attending and was not invited.
During the news conference, Layton said that Martin "was a member of the very group of CEO's that is the lead champion (of deeper integration with the U.S.) and has managed, by the way, to get inside the doors of the meeting.''
Layton said "not even the leaders of the other political parties are being invited to discuss it, even with our own prime minister."
The NDP leader later explained his comment as referring to Martin, before he became prime minister, being a member of a business group now called the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
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