... France, 1947-1947 and the London School of Economics, 1947-1948. During his schooling at the University of Montreal, Pierre Trudeau was required to join the Canadian Officers Training Corps. He, like many of his fellow Quebecois, opposed the recruitment. Pierre Trudeau picked up a reputation as a radical and a socialist, ... 4 In addition, Trudeau signed the Official Language Act in 1969, which guaranteed a bilingual civil service. During the October Crisis, 1970, Trudeau implemented the War Measures Act due to the kidnapping of British diplomat James Cross and of Quebec Cabinet ministe...

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... to be an Ottawa secretary, and later he was named Minister of Justice. Finally, when P.M. Lester Pearson retired, Trudeau was elected P.M., to the Canadian population's delight. About two years after Trudeau succeeded Pearson as P.M. , he would face, as Alward described it, "the biggest challenge of his career ... suspected of anything. The War measures act made membership in the FLQ illegal and it banned their political rallies. As a result of the War Measures Act "almost 500 suspects were arrested."(Gwynn, p. 108) This was the first time in Canadian history that the War Measures Act had...

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... Richard Nixon- politics was perceived as exclusionary in Canada, or as McLuhan would have said, "hot.""(O'Malley) Trudeau changed the face Canadian politics, making it readily available for the people to understand and exciting. Important Legislations In his 16 years as prime minister, Trudeau ... made sweeping changes to the appearance of Canada's political scheme, among them: Official Languages Act (1969) Implementation of War Measure Act (1970) Appointed Muriel McQueen Fergusson first woman Speaker of the Senate (1972) Wages and Price Controls (1975) Significant role in the ... legi...

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... appeared to be doing his work for the good of Germany, when in reality, he was murdering the innocent. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the equivalent of a Canadian Thomas Jefferson, fought for the liberties of the person, but had no problem removing them during the FLQ crisis. Yossarian is an example for the political ... Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war. Surely so many counties can't all be worth dying for(257)'". At this point, Yossarian has completely blown his cover, he h...

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most 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 ... a British diplomat. The premier of Quebec at the time was Robert Bourassa who asked for the federal governments help with the situation. Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, a type of martial law and hundreds of innocent people were arrested and held without charges being laid. The situation was quickly resolved and ... rallying the "no" vote during the Queb...

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... holidays while not in school, Lester made extra money as a semi-professional baseball player. While in school the outbreak of the First World War occurred. Lester made the courageous decision to enlist as a volunteer in the army. He was stationed in England, Egypt and Greece. Lester ... April 22nd 1963; just one day before celebrating his sixty-sixth birthday. As Prime Minister Lester's government developed Universal Health Care, the Canadian Pension Plan, Student Loans, the Order of Canada and also the current red and white flag which features a maple leaf that symbolizes Canada ... o...

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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 ... he accomplished many outstanding goals for Canada. One of the accomplishments he made is the Officials Languages Act, 1969, which legislates English- French bilingualism in federal operations. The Implementation of War Measures Act w...

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