Pierre Trudeau

Act for a month after its invocation, demonstrating political irresponsibility. Nevertheless, these issues were eventually amended in the The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms issued in 1982. Another complication was that the body of murdered Pierre Laporte was found two days after the War Measures Act came into power. This sources a common belief that his untimely death was a directly associable revenge attack from the FLQ to the invocation as a warning to Canadian society. Although it is…

Throughout history there have been many Canadians who have impacted both Canada and the world with their many significant contributions. Former Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Tommy Douglas, a former social democratic politician, are two leaders that stood out in the social and political progression of Canada. Justin Trudeau on the other hand, the current Prime Minister and Rick Hansen, a philanthropist and Paralympian, both largely impacted not only Canada but also the world. Along…

discriminated because of their ethnicity and colour. People weren’t allowed to do things other people with different ethnicity can do. The white Canadians had rights that others did not have. The 1971 multicultural act happened because of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, changed the way people lived. This also changed the way Canadian citizens currently lived. This act, was the start of all the other multicultural act throughout the years. People thought that all these multicultural acts weren’t a good…

later on killing Laporte. It was like a battle between the FLQ and prime-minster Pierre Trudeau (at the time) to show who is more capable of doing the extreme. Of course Trudeau had to control the situation and therefore he put in strict laws/acts such as the War Measures Act. The effect of that decision was great because there were many Canadians whom were totally against it and it led to numerous protests.…

“sub-state nationalism” occurs, the language is used as a key identity marker (7). The issue of language has always fuelled some unrest within Quebec, as for a long time English was considered the only real official language of Canada. Yet, when Pierre Trudeau created the Multiculturalism and the Official Languages Act within Canada, in part to try to settle Quebec political unrest with the federal government, it caused another unrest of intercultural-ism vs multiculturalism (6). A quote from…

Position Paper The conflict presented by the author of the source shows the relationship between individual rights and freedoms of citizens and the authority of the government for the common good. The source supports the idea of a totalitarian government to protect the civil rights of citizens to maintain stability in society, where a democracy would be unstable while trying to protect individual rights and freedoms. The author of the source is advocating for a totalitarian government believing…

It was then updated with a Charter of Rights that was added. Trudeau wanted to patriate Canada’s constitution after the October Crisis and Parti Quebecois’ election to make Quebecois feel more confortable. He attempted to do this with a constitution that was made in Canada. However, Quebec was not content and the Constitution…

Martin not a bunch of scandals brought on by previous leaders of Canada. When you think of Paul Martin its safe to say that he isn't known or recognized as one of Canada's most famous leaders compared to the more polarizing leaders such as Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Jean Chretien, Brian Mulroney or Lester B.…

The Changing Seventies in Canada During the 1970’s many things happening that didn’t happen in the before this decade. The Seventies are also known as the “pivot of change”. During this decade numerous things socially, politically and economically changed in Canada and around the world. It helped build rights for women and give them a chance to be seen as almost equal to mean. Also, there were many different issues formed in Canada during the 1970’s and new innovations to do things more…

Taking a look at the ever-flowing stream of Canada history, there is a bunch of memorable giants showing up successively, Diefenbaker, William Lyon Mackenzie, John MacDonald and Pierre Trudeau, these names are probably engraved deeply in every Canadian’s brain. However, there is another guy should be memorised, Stephen Harper. Harper is an often-underestimated Canadian politician, and he became his country's first conservative prime minister in 13 years when he led his party to victory in…