Pierre Elliott Trudeay

Pierre's family, during his formative years was considered quite wealthy, as his Quebecois father, Charles-Emile, had amassed a considerable fortune in the petroleum industry during the depression era 1930's. His mother, Grace Elliott, was of Scottish decent and was very devoted to her family and the church. The Trudeau family frequently toured Canada and Europe something Pierre would continue to do throughout his lifetime. Trudeau matured quickly due in part to the unexpected and tragic loss of his father to pneumonia in 1935. Pierre was only 15 years old at the time.

In 1940, he began his post secondary education at the University of Montreal

government civil services. To this day however there continues to be a rift between these two factions and the citizens of Quebec are constantly being asked to choose between independence or staying with the rest of Canada. Large numbers of English Canadians having become tired of the rhetoric are more inclined not to worry about Quebec and are not concerned even if they do vote for sovereignty.

by Mao, caught pelting a statue of Lenin with a snowball in communist Russia and picked up by the United States Coast Guard while trying to paddle from Florida to Cuba in a canoe at the height of the Cuban missile crisis.2

a general election, and capitalizing on his extraordinary popular appeal, labeled "Trudeaumania" by the media, he won a majority governement.3

Pierre Elliot Trudeau died on October 3, 2000 of prostate cancer and complications arising from Parkinson's disease. The throngs of people lined up to view him as he lay in state would number in the tens of thousands and the government would be forced to keep viewing open around the clock. His son Justin performed the eulogy and said, "He won't be coming back anymore. It's up to us, all of us now. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. He has kept his promise and earned his sleep. Je t'aime, papa."7 (I Love You, Dad) As he was leaving the Notre Dame Basilica after the service he noticed three children holding a Canadian flag up as high as they could. He approached them and asked, "Who does that flag belong to?" Eleven-year-old Christine Tenneson replied, "It belongs to us."8 With that he gave her the red rose he had been carrying, a symbol often used by his father. Pierre was buried beside his mother in the family crypt in St-Remi-de-Napierville, a small town outside of Montreal.

Conservative party had formed in alliance with the New Democratic Party crumbled after only six months and Trudeau was talked into re-entering the political arena. The Liberal party, under his leadership regained power the following year. His political austerity programs continued and under his bills a number of the country's measurables took a downward spiral. The national debt

Trudeau was committed to the unity of his beloved country. He continued to fight the separatists in his home province of Quebec and was instrumental in rallying the "no" vote during the Quebec referendums on sovereignty. He began to draft a Canadian Charter of Rights and

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