... the British North America Act. Any changes to this constitution required the approval of the British government. For years, Canadian governments had considered patriating the constitution, but no agreement could be reached. In 1981, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau decided it was time to act upon the ideas of the Canadian people. Trudeau and the premiers of the 10 provinces of Canada met in ... reasonable fro all provinces. Quebec, at the time wanted a veto power over any changes that would be unacceptable for its own province. When the federal government acted to patriate the const...

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... of the more exciting lifestyles of our many prime ministers. Dating high profile women and driving fancy cars making him half Canadian celebrity half Canadian politician. His popularity to the public began a great phenomenon because "he did what no politician before or since has ... the last link to Canada's colonial past; ii) it guaranteed individual liberty and minority rights; and iii) it gave ownership of the constitution to Canadians which would check the abuses of governments, both federal and provincial. The premiers of Quebec and English Canada walked away from the ... agreement...

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... Canada known as the Trudeaumania. Trudeaumania's popularity was the result of Pierre Trudeau being a charismatic leader; the people's enthusiasm for political change; and his contributions to a strong sense of Canadian independence. In the following paragraphs the popularity of the Trudeaumania will be explained clearly through the presentation of evidences and reasoning. Pierre Trudeau was an important political leader in Canada ... Trudeau also voted against the Quebec Referendum to achieve a higher unity in Canada. After many attempts for autonomy, on April 17th, 1982, Trudeau finall...

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... Canada a better nation with his contributions, with the examples of the Official Language Act in 1969, the signing of the Constitution Act in 1982 and the Multicultural Act in 1971. In 1969, only a year that Trudeau had entered office, he passed ... his reign of Prime Minister. The Constitution Act was declared in 1982. Trudeau wanted Canadians to have their own constitution apart from Britain and he also believed that the Constitution would bring the country together. The Constitution offered many things, for example, & ... amount of taxes and services to provide for their public. Duri...

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... 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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