Why Is Pierre Trudeau So Powerful

There was a quote said once by Pierre Trudeau, “Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home, in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them”. Trudeau was hoping that while he was Prime Minister, he would make every Canadian love their country and feel like everyone belongs. Trudeau took office in 1968 and ended his first term in 1979 and did a second term from 1980–84. During his time in office, he accomplished many things. Trudeau created the Official Languages Act of 1969, He enacted the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis in 1970, and made the Constitution Act of 1982. For these three Reasons, Pierre Trudeau was a successful Prime Minister during his time in office. The official Languages Act of 1969 was one of the most important things Pierre Trudeau did while being Prime Minister. The Act was created to enforce national bilingualism at a federal and provincial level of government. The act stated that English and French were both Canada’s official languages. The act means that every person who is involved in the Federal or …show more content…
“Through the new constitution, Canada codified and affirmed many common-law rights into the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part I), recognized the treaty rights of aboriginals (Part II), codified equalization (Part III), finally established an indigenous amending formula (Part V), and in the Schedule included some (but not an exhaustive list) of the other Orders-in-Council and Acts of Parliament that form part of the overall Constitution of Canada”. This means that with the new Constitution Act, their have been many parts added to it which give people rights and freedoms. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a guideline to what rights every citizen is allowed. This is important because without these rights, citizens wouldn’t have