FILE PHOTO: Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson (L) smiles after being awarded the rank of Companion in the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 17, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
TORONTO (Reuters) - Michael Wilson, Canada's former finance minister and U.S. ambassador, who led the negotiations on the original NAFTA trade deal, has died at 81, the University of Toronto, where Wilson last served as chancellor, said on Sunday.
Wilson first entered politics as a member of Parliament in the Toronto area in 1979 and served under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as minister of finance from 1984 to 1991. He was later appointed as the minister of industry, science and technology and minister of international trade, shaping the North American Free Trade Agreement talks between Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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