Alexandre Trudeau's Travels

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At We Day Vancouver 2017, one of my favourite speakers was Alexandre Trudeau. Alexandre Trudeau is not only the brother of Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, but he is also an author and world Traveller who wrote about his travels in China. His book, “Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China,” talks about what he did in China from the perspective of a bewildered traveller, Alexandre Trudeau also talked about compassion, “that when you are small, meaningless, dirty that is when humanity shines brightest.”Direct quote from Alexandre Trudeau’s speech. That is one of the main reasons he chose to spend 5 dollars a day and not mention his name in his world travels. He also learned his travels that “everyone needs a little wasteland a place

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