Canadian ex-PM seeks to help Liberals match his 1993 landslide victory

In the frenzy of a Canadian general election campaign, few things drain party activists more than the relentless travel, as they crisscross the country’s vast geography to drum up support in far-flung electoral districts.But ahead of what has been described as the most consequential general election in a lifetime, the 91-year-old former prime minister Jean Chrétien has campaigned for the Liberals in 30 electoral districts across the country as the party seeks to match – or even eclipse – his 1993 landslide victory.Chrétien, who secured three consecutive majority governments between 1993 and 2003, has been drumming up support for the Liberal leader, Mark Carney, ahead of Monday’s vote which takes place in the shadow of Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada and impose punitive tariffs.The US president, who is deeply unpopular in Canada, has served as a useful foil for Chrétien, who was among the first to sharply criticize Trump’s threats to the country’s sovereignty.Canada election is C...