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Canada's 20th prime minister, Jean Chrétien, first met the Queen while he was a junior minister in 1967. Three years later, Mr Chrétien - by then Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development - escorted the Queen to the Northwest Territories aboard a small plane.