An excerpt from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's tribute speech at the late Pierre Trudeau's State Funeral on October 3, 2000. ... United, most of the time, in their beliefs, they helped Canada reach some of their most significant milestones in the 1970's and 1980's. ... Chrétien, however, was the mastermind behind this plan, citing the following in his 1985 autobiography Straight From the Heart: It stated that the unilateral action of the federal government was legal but offensive to the traditional "convention- of getting provincial consent for constitu...

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