Pierre Trudeau

They serve, for many, as the arbiters of taste, morality, and public opinion. Celebrity politic is alive and well in Canada. Fascination with political celebrity in Canada started with Pierre Trudeau, Justin father. It is recorded that Pierre wore a red rose in his lapel every day and he drove a white convertible. Pierre Trudeau's ascension to power amidst a sea of teenage kisses and rose boutonnieres is the stuff of national legend. Justin, one of the closest witnesses to “Trudeaumenia” cannot…

Mr. Pierre Trudeau thoughts in the source is that Quebec “is the biggest Hoax ever foisted on the people of Quebec and the people of Canada”. Mr. Pierre wrote his opinion on this source because He is expressing the feelings of most of western Canadians some might say. That is because of Quebec claims of splitting off from Canada and it being its own country. A lot of Canadians in that matter have resentment towards Quebec, and some Quebecois have resentment towards the west. It is mixed feelings…

won. The missile sites were relocated to northern Ontario and Quebec since it would cause huge problems if the missiles were to destroy Soviet bombers over the major cities near the border and they were fitted with nuclear warheads. In 1969, Pierre E. Trudeau removes all nuclear…

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, created by late Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in 1982, has strongly benefited Canada in a number of favourable ways. Prior to this Charter, Canada had a Bill of Rights. This Bill was inadequate since it did not apply to any of the provinces and it did little for the Federal Government on a constitutional bases. Due to the inadequacies of this Bill, it was confirmed that more effective constitutional framework needed to be adopted. As a result, the…

In 1970, a national liberation movement sprung up in Quebec, calling for an independent province. In October 1970, a Quebec minister and a British diplomat were abducted. In 1960 Quebec wanted to decolonize. Socialist groups started to pop up in Quebec. There were many groups that really wanted to achieve independence for the province without using terrorism or socialism. This lead to the creation of the Parti Quebecois. A national liberation movement was formed in 1963. It was called Le…

late months of 1970. The kidnapping of James Cross and Pierre Laporte lead to the enactment of the War Measures Act. The ways the War Measures Act affected Canadians was drastic, though Pierre Trudeau did have justified reasoning for doing so. Once the October Crisis was over, major terrorist attacks ceased in Canada. FLQ was founded in March of 1963 by Raymond Villeneuve, Gabriel Hudon, and Georges Schoeters. Two years later (1965), Pierre Vallières joined, he is known to have created the…

forward to truly attempt to do so. Pierre Elliot Trudeau has helped to construct Canada of today to be the way it is by taking that step, by which many Prime Ministers were afraid to take. He has allowed the fixated perspective of others to gradually change. Thus, Pierre Trudeau’s policies demonstrates to be beneficial for Canada. Bilingualism and acknowledgement of other minorities has started to root itself into the people’s mind in Canada through the policies of Trudeau, attesting it to be…

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was born October 18, 1919, in Montreal to a very wealthy family son of a French businessman and a Scottish mother. He had died September 28, 2000, in Montreal in his home. He was known to have Parkinsons Disease but ultimately died from prostate cancer. He grew up speaking English and french. Trudeau had graduated from Jesuit College Jean-de-Brébeuf, Université de Montréal, Harvard and London School of Economics. Trudeau traveled quite a bit while he…

by some -- "Québec 's Premier Jean Charest, has been quoted saying that the 'primacy of the French Language ' is a 'key value ' in Québec society" (CBC) -- but has been disputed far more than it has been praised. For example,"Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau called the Official Language Act a 'slap in the face ' to federal efforts to mandate bilingualism. Many legal challenges have been pursued, some of which led to small amendments to the Charter" (PACT). In addition, criticism about the…

Trudeau’s plans wasn’t gonna benefit Quebec. Levesque says that Trudeau is “ literally crushing provinces into federal mode. This cannot go for Quebec.”(CBC). Conservative premiers, BIll Davis of Ontario and Richard Hatfield of New Brunswick were the only ones who supported Trudeau. The rest went alongside Levesque and formed the group called the Gang Of Eight. The group fought against Trudeau’s plans through courts. However, Trudeau was very adamant with bringing the new Canadian constitution…