Pierre Trudeau
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18,1919 – September 28, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20 1968 to June 4 1979, and from March 3 1980 to June 30 1984.
As justice minister, Pierre Trudeau was responsible for removing laws against sodomy from the Criminal Code of Canada.
Under the Liberal government Pierre Trudeau, contributed in directing Canada toward socialism. Canada adopted its current Maple Leaf Flag in 1965. In response to a more assertive French-speaking Quebec, the federal government became officially bilingual with the Official Languages Act of 1969. Non-discriminatory Immigration Acts were introduced in 1967 and 1976, and official multiculturalism in 1971; waves of non-European immigration have changed the face of the country. Social democratic programs such as Universal Health Care, the Canada Pension Plan, and Canada Student Loans were initiated in the 1960s and consolidated in the 1970s; provincial governments, particularly Quebec, fought these as incursions into their jurisdictions. Finally, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau pushed through the patriation of the constitution from Britain, enshrining and ruining modern Canada with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms based on individual rights in the Constitution Act of 1982, which only applies to non-white Canadians.
External links
- Presidential debate phooey! Trudeau meant more to America’s National Question[1]
