Canada was not the way it is now from the rise of civilization. In my point of view‚ three events caused Canada to evolve and become the way it is currently. The 1980 Referendum‚ Alberta’s oil boom and the discrimination along with The Charter of Rights. Those led to the democratic‚ harmonious‚ unified and adapted country we live in now. The 1980 Referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on its place within Canada. Quebec was deciding whether it should pursue a path toward sovereignty. The
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Trudeau essay Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had an intelligent influence on Canada‚ its culture and society in general. The four important areas that will be focused on this essay are the great leader of Canada‚ his life style‚ FLQ cries and how he scarified his life to Canadians. Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a politician‚ a lawyer‚ a writer and one of Canada’s greatest prime ministers whom had the idea of Canada’s independence and acted on it. Trudeau came into the political scene like
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Why is it that when you research Canadian Prime Ministers on the internet‚ or in a library‚ Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s name appears more than any other? Why is that everyone knows his name? In short‚ what makes Trudeau‚ Canada’s most famous Prime Minister? The fact is without the influence of Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ it is likely that Canada and Quebec would currently be two separate countries. Pierre Eliot Trudeau was able to unify Canada through the implementation of the Official Languages Act‚ the implementation
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Quebec: A Distinct Society (?) The concept of recognizing Quebec as a distinct society is an idea that has been kicking around for some time‚ but just what does it mean and what are its broader implications? This paper will examine the origins of the term‚ what it means‚ and its historical context. It will then examine rival interpretations of federalism. The essay will conclude with an in-depth examination of the concept’s involvement with the failed constitutional accords and the failed Quebec
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and school are terrorism acts. The October Crisis of 1970 was just another one of them. Two members from the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) had kidnapped James Cross and Pierre Laporte. Cross was a British Trade Commissioner and Laporte was a Quebec Labour Minister. After this was heard‚ Prime Minister‚ Pierre Trudeau had invoked the War Measures Act and had sent armed forces through Quebec to help police; this ended in a suspension for the civil liberties. All of this commotion was important
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Defining Canada Lester Pearson Lester Pearson left a lasting legacy on Canada; it was during his tenure as Prime Minister when Canada adopted its own official flag‚ universal healthcare was applied on a national level‚ the Canada Pension Plan was negotiated and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism were created. However‚ perhaps his greatest achievement came before he was Prime Minister‚ when he won Canada’s only Nobel Peace Prize. Through
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Making Dreams Reality Trudeau’s Just Society Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ Canada’s 15th prime minister‚ has always dreamed of Canada becoming a united society. This idea was announced and introduced after his candidacy in 1968. He described his idea of a Just Society as one that : “one in which all of our people will have the means and the motivation to participate‚ in which personal and political freedom will be more securely ensured than it has ever been in the past‚ in which the rights
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crisis." (Marshall‚ 1970). Pierre Trudeau took a forceful stand against Québec nationalists because he disliked the idea of separatism. On October 1970‚ the FLQ kidnapped British diplomat James Cross‚ for the release of FLQ members serving prison sentences. (Pearson Canada Inc.‚ 2016). Québec Premier Robert Bourassa agreed to most of the demands but refused to release and FLQ prisoners. Québec Labour Minister Pierre LaPorte was then kidnapped by the FLQ members. Trudeau took drastic action and imposed
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document that was signed in 1982 by the Queen (Elizabeth) and Canada’s famous Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ signed the Constitution Act‚ 1982‚ which includes the British North America Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) and therefore lacked the power and durability of the Charter. The Bill of Rights also only applied to federal‚ rather than provincial laws. Early 1980s‚ Pierre Trudeau‚ Liberal government started to begin the process of patriating Canada’s Constitution—taking
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- " to protect tour democratic system" trudeau states for war measures act 69 - " police and soldiers had arrested and detained hundreds of suspects. Some were FLQ sympathizers‚ but many had no links .includ[ing] singer Pauline Julien‚ poet and journalist Gerald Godin.." 69 - Opposition leader
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