... With custody of their 3 sons Justin, Alexander and Michel, Trudeau resigns as leader to the Liberal Party of Canada to spend more time together. In November 1998 Trudeau's life faced a tragedy. Michel was involved in an avalanche in British Columbia when he was skiing and was presumed dead after days of searching. Pierre Trudeau had gone through many years of schooling and adventures to achieve ... as PM again was to appoint Jeanne 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...

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... University, École des Sciences Politiques in Paris, and the London School of Economics. After completing his studies and enjoying an extended trip around the world in the late 1940s, Trudeau returned to his native country to find the authoritarian regime of his childhood "Quebec was then led by Maurice Duplessis and the ecclesiastical establishment "still in power, much to his disappointment. ... 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 i...

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