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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missiles Lester B. Pearson is elected and is a peace-maker‚ then he decides that nuclear weapons should still be allowed Pearson’s troops is kicked out of Egypt Pierre Elliot Trudeau succeeds Pearson WHEN? Local Protesting and sides an abetting war Assassinations in 1968 1970s A New defense policy New operations under trudeau ISCS (S. Vietnam) 1973 UNEF II (Egypt)1974 UNDOF (Golan Heights) 1974 UnFil (S. Lebanon) 1978 Why take part Our post war influence was over Less agreement
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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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As Canadians having people like Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ gives us a basis of what true Canadianism is. Pierre Elliot Trudeau believed that all people are equal and when he was in power during his time he raised the immigration for Canada which allowed and protected a lot more immigrants from different which included more then the
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Library Information. Web. 17 Mar. 2011. <http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005880> --> Tetley‚ William. "Last Lunch with Trudeau." McGill. Tetley ’s maritime & admiralty law (Faculty of La‚ 28 Sept. 2001. Web. 19 Mar. 2011. <http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/history/trudeau/>. --> Tetley‚ William. The October Crisis‚ 1970: An Insider ’s View. Canada: McGill-Queens University Press‚ 2007. N. pag. Print
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entire nation are rich with cultural identity and experiences that direct‚ define and distinguish its members within society. DENISE CHONG "BEING CANADIAN" Denise Chong is a Canadian-born economist who worked for Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in the 1970s. In her book The Concubine’s Children (1994)‚ she told how she rediscovered the courageous and tragic story of what her Chinese forebears had done so that she would be born and grow up Canadian. It was the kind of story others
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With great power comes great responsibility; that famous quote from Spiderman perfectly describes the war measures act. The war measures act was created in 1914 and gave the government the full power to do anything in order to maintain peace and safety for all Canadian citizens. It was only used three times in Canadian history before it was replaced by the Emergences act in 1988. It was invoked during World War I from 1914-1920‚ World War II from 1941-1945 and once again during the October crisis
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Throughout Canadian history there have been many influential political leaders in the past‚ but none as powerful or significant as Brian Mulroney. Despite the many political criticisms‚ Brian Mulroney served as the longest conservative prime minister in Canada‚ he attained a struggle through his pre-political life‚ which lead him to cleaning up his act and leading the conservative party to the greatest majority in Canadian history‚ he goes on to serve the legacy of one of the greatest political leaders
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The Charter of Rights and Freedom and its Affect on Canada The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights granted constitutional status that was introduced in the Constitution Act of 1982 by Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. The Constitution Act is also known as the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. The Charter had several purposes; the first is “to outline and guarantee the political rights of Canadian citizens‚ as well as the civil rights of anyone who is residing on the
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More than 30 years ago today‚ one of the most significant developments in the protection of human rights in Canada was signed and entrenched in the Canadian Constitution under the leadership of then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Coming into force on April 17‚ 1982‚ the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the most visible and recognized part of the Canadian Constitution and is intended to protect certain political and civil rights of people in Canada from the policies and actions of all levels of government
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