Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
1968-1979
-French-Canadian from Montreal
-a lawyer
-a liberal
-had an eccentric personality
-very popular for much of his time as
PM– called “Trudeaumania”
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-against the Quebec separatist
movements
-urged instead for Canadian federalism
-wanted English and French to be equal
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-often considered a controversial PM—
wonder why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKSGRyZt
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-Canadian-American relations not great under
Trudeau
-why?– wanted Canada to forge ahead on its own
-he was also very outspoken
-visit with Fidel Castro?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBB26S
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Famous Quotes made by Trudeau
-“Luck, that’s when preparation and opportunity meet.”
-“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.”
-“The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”
-“Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our
main imports are baseball players and acid rain.”
-“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how
friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every
twitch and grunt.”
-“I am trying to put Quebec in its place– and the place of Quebec is in Canada.”
-”I’ve been called worse things by better people.”
-“If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one
another.”
Quote by John Lennon
“If all politicians were like Mr. Trudeau, there would be world peace.”
Quote about Trudeau
“He never met a communist he didn’t like.”