... controversial and longest serving prime ministers in Canadian history was born in Montreal, Quebec on October 18,1919. Although he was born in Montreal, young Trudeau was schooled throughout the world earning a number of degrees in the United States, France and England. Trudeau will always be remembered as the prime minister who founded the Constitution in Canada and was man enough to ... and after eighteen months of negotiations with the provinces and numerous rulings in the Canadian court system, consent was passed in 1982. The premier of Quebec, Rene Levesque would not sign it. In a ...

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... Canada's independence and acted on it. Born on October 18th 1919 in Montreal, Trudeau was destined to be great. This is because of his wealthy parents. His father a successful French Canadian businessman and his mother who is of Scottish ancestry. Trudeau at the age of 51 (while he was PM) married a very young 22-year-old named Margaret Sinclair, but in ... Suave as the first woman speaker of the House of Commons, which was made official in 1980. He next created the Canadian Charter of Rights, which was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth the second in 1982. The Partition of the Canada Constit...

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