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Birth of Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Elliot Trudeau was born on October 18th 1919. He went to school at university de Montreal, Harvard, and the London school of economics. -
Why Trudeau went into politics
When Trudeau came back from Ottowa as an adviser to the Privy Council, He came back to Montreal and decided to use his energy and appose Union of Nationale Government of Maurice Duplessis agitating for political change. -
When did Pierre Trudeau go into politics
Pierre Trudeau went into politics when he joined the federal Liberal and was elected to parliament party in 1965. In 1967 he was appointed secretary to prime minister and was named minister of justice. -
When did Trudeau become prime minister
Pierre Trudeau became prime minister on April 20th 1968 when he was sworn as the fifteenth prime minister. -
Significant Life Events
Pierre Trudeau,
establishing a new Canadian Constitution with an entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
Trudeau also brought in the Official Languages Act in 1969, making Canada officially bilingual,
he played an important role in defeating the Québec sovereignist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. -
World Affairs
A few things happened when Pierre Trudeau was Prime minister The October crisis of 1970, which was precipitated by the kidnapping of British diplomat James Cross and Québec Cabinet minister Pierre Laporte by the terrorist Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). This made Pierre Trudeau invoke the War Measures Act. Trudeau introduced into Parliament a unilateral federal initiative to "patriate" the British North America Act to Canada -
Fashion and Fads in the 70's and 80's
In the 1970’s a lot of teenager had long hair and be rebellious and they would want peace these people were called hippies
bell bottom jeans were huge in the 1970’s for girls -
Pierre Trudeau's marriage and divorce
In 1971 Pierre Trudeau married Margret Sinclair. A lot of women were upset that Pierre and Margret were 28 years apart. this difference was hard for Margaret because she was young and she got bored of Pierre Trudeau. Their marriage ended in 1977 and divorced each other in 1984 -
How the role of women changed
In 1980, women saw their biggest chance to change their legal standing. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau unveiled his plan for a new charter of rights. Doris Anderson realized that the charter of freedom could advance women's rights. Pierre trudeau appoints the first female speaker of senate in 1972. -
Inventions in the 1970's
computerized braille was invented by Roland Galarneau in 1972 this helped blind use computer by extending the brail language
The first video game pong was invented in 1972 by atari.inc -
Hugh Spooner Canadian athlete
Hugh spooner was a professional athlete
he was born November 25, 1957 and
played in the 1972 montreal games -
Kathy Kriener
Kathy Kriener was a 14 year old Olympian
when she was 14 she went to her first olympic game in sapporo in 1972
in 1976 when she was 18 she had three world cups to her credit and one win in 1974 -
Dan Akroyd
Dan Aykroyd was a Canadian actor he also
advised pierre elliott Trudeau and
he was part of the origninal snl crew in 1975 -
Immigration 1972 - 1976
In a statement to the House of Commons on October 8th 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy.
The Immigration Act of 1976 represented a significant shift in Canadian immigration legislation. It was the first immigration act to clearly outline the objectives of the Canadian immigration policy
