Pierre Trudeau

Social 20 Nationalism Essay: 2 What fosters Canadian nationalism or at the very least- makes Canadians want to remain Canadian? Is it our unanimous love for hockey, our patronage of French and English or our role in the world? Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, writes in his book Federalism, Nationalism and Reason that ‘will’ rather than the aforementioned factors of geography, common language, common culture is the most critical to the ‘foundation of the nation’. He…

Intro : Hello, I’m Ahmed and I'm Muhammad and we are the 2 brown boys. In today's show we will be covering Politics, Rights, Immigration, Peacekeeping, Quebec in Canada and Cold War, but let's start off with some entertaining music, Tunak Tunak Tun by Daler Mehndi. Saad: Ahh, that was some good music, now on a much more serious note, politics have been an issue throughout the years in Canada. Before 1970, woman had a tough time due to the male dominant workforce. Women were largely…

provincial premiers, the Canadian Constitution was patriated by Pierre Trudeau’s federal government. Although Ontario and New Brunswick were supportive of patriating the Constitution, the other eight provinces decided to take a stand against Trudeau’s threat of unilateral action. The Premiers of those provinces formed the Gang of Eight and opposed Trudeau’s attempt to bring home the Constitution. On November 4, 1981 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau met with seven of the eight Premiers to negotiate…

People will associate themselves with the population that shares the same common will or common glory therefore the feeling of unity doesn’t exist. Others also do disagree with the idea that Canada is a nation such as former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who has previously said that just because we share the same or similar beliefs and values doesn’t necessarily promote Canada as a nation. In my opinion there is no such thing as an ideal Canadian that demonstrates unity within the country.…

different aspects. Canada’s victory played a major role in uniting Canadians all over the country to come together as one, and support their home country. “Soviet teams had totally dominated international hockey for the previous 10 years.” Pierre Elliot Trudeau was sick of amateurs representing Canada, and constantly losing while knowing Canada was better. It was time for the best to go against the best. In game one of the series, the USSR surprised all the Canadians with a 7-3…

Same Sex Adoption There are over 78,000 children in Canada’s welfare system, with over 30,000 looking for a loving home. Same sex couples in Canada are able to adopt and provide children homes, so why is it still a controversial topic? In Canada, anyone of any race, religion or sexual orientation is allowed to adopt as long as they have a loving safe home for the child, but in other countries such as Russia, they have strict laws against gay couples adopting. Is it because it is better for a…

research in gender marking in Canadian politics. The lecture went as followed, an overview of her study, what is gender marking, quantitive findings and explanations, qualitative findings including cases discussing Kim Campbell, Paul Martin, and Justin Trudeau, and finished with a summary of key findings. After the initial lecture, there was then an…

his perspective is that it doesn’t matter where you live, or where you come from.Sharing similar values, beliefs, and respecting the choices of others is what embodies a civic and patriotic nation. One who would advocate this source would be Justin Trudeau, the current Prime Minister of Canada. He believes that race, gender, and religion are factors that define a person, but loyalty to our nation and our way of living is what makes our nation strong. By following a similar platform and shared…

Several explorers influenced the beginning of Montreal. Jacques Cartier sailed from France looking for a route to Asia in 1535. While exploring the Saint Lawrence River, he discovered a mountain in the middle of an island. He climbed the mountain and could see land for miles around. Thinking he had found the route to Asia, he named the mountain “Mont-Royal”. He kept exploring, and it would not be until the next century that the value of his discovery would be noticed. In 1609, Samuel de…

We previously brought you part one of our list of 15 interesting facts about Joni Mitchell. Now, we bringing you eight more facts about Mitchell’s inspiring and influential music career that has earned her several awards and international fame. Number Eight: She Can Be Heard on a James Taylor Hit. Around 1972, she did some collaborating with Carole King and James Taylor, singing back-up for both of them. Most notably, her vocals are featured in Taylor’s biggest hit, “You’ve Got a Friend.” Number…