... Trudeau to his cabinet as minister of justice, as well as attorney general for Canada. In this position, Trudeau produced legislation that stiffened gun control, expanded social welfare, and liberalized Canadian laws regarding divorce, abortion, and homosexuality. When Pearson resigned in 1968, Trudeau beat out 19 other Liberal opponents to win the post of party leader and Prime Minister. Just three ... days after his inauguration on April 20, 1968, Trudeau dissolved Parliament and called for general elections. In the campaign that followed, he ran on the promise to create a "just socie...

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