Trudeau grows up straddling the separate worlds of his gentle anglophone mother and boisterous francophone father. In a vitriolic indictment of the Meech Lake constitutional accord, Trudeau warns that Canadians can say goodbye to a unified….
Trudeau makes a rousing farewell speech to mark his retirement as prime minister in Trudeau steps down as prime minister after a contemplative evening walk through an Ottawa snowstorm. Prime minister-designate Pierre Trudeau delivers a jubilant acceptance speech on his win.
After a short-lived retirement, Trudeau announces he's back to fight in another election. On a day tour, Trudeau visits Latin America, befriends Castro, broadens Canada's foreign policy and makes some American enemies. Trudeau is back with a majority, and vows to create "a government for all Canadians. Password Please enter your Password. Forgot password? Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again.
Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Trudeau, Pierre Elliott b. Pearson, announced his plans to retire in , Trudeau campaigned for leadership of the Liberal Party.
His ideas were popular, and on April 6, , he won the post. His election as prime minister benefited from an unprecedented wave of youth involvement. Trudeau's time in office started off with a bang. As soon as he was elected, he began fighting for universal health care. He also worked to reform governmental caucus meetings to make them more efficient.
He also made headlines for his personal life, dating the likes of Barbra Streisand before marrying the much younger Margaret Sinclair in Beyond his hip image, Trudeau had to lead his country through numerous challenges. The October Crisis tested his stance against terrorists. The crisis began when Quebec separatist group kidnapped a Quebec official and a British trade commissioner. To deal with this situation, Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, giving the government overarching power to arrest without trial.
On domestic matters, he championed the official implementation of bilingualism. Losing his post in , Trudeau served as the opposition leader for several months. He was back in power the following year, and he became the leading force against the referendum to give Quebec sovereignty. It culminated in the final compromise; the proclamation of the Constitution Act, on 17 April The new constitution included entrenched minority language and education rights; as well as a charter of individual rights.
Trudeau had fulfilled a goal he had set himself upon entering public life. Continued inflation , high levels of unemployment , and large federal deficits cut into his popular support. But it further alienated the energy -producing regions in Western Canada. A continuing problem that plagued his entire time in office was that of Canadian-American relations. Trudeau often played an ambiguous role with regard to the US; but during his last term in office, he moved toward a more nationalist position in economic relations with the US.
He began to criticize US foreign and defence policies more freely than in the past. In these years, Trudeau devoted more and more time to the international stage. Then, in —84, he persuaded leaders in both the eastern and western blocs to negotiate the reduction of nuclear weapons and to lower Cold War tensions. See also Disarmament. These activities led to his being awarded the Albert Einstein Peace Prize. This roused widespread opposition from Canadians concerned about the worsening nuclear arms race.
Public opinion in Canada was largely hostile to Trudeau and the Liberals from on. His personal style — sometimes charismatic; sometimes contemptuous of opposition; often arrogant, mercurial and unpredictable — became less of an asset in difficult economic times than it was early in his political career. On 29 February , Trudeau announced his intention to retire. On 30 June he left office; his successor, John Turner , was sworn in. In , Trudeau was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
However, he intervened in public affairs with dramatic effect on two occasions. He did not, however, publicly intervene during the Quebec Referendum. In , Trudeau published his book, Memoirs. It was based on a five-part CBC miniseries. In , he published Against the Current, a collection of his writings from to Trudeau died of prostate cancer at his home in Montreal on 28 September
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