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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau presented a determined public stance during the crisis, answering the question of how far he would go to stop the terrorists with "Just watch me." Five of the FLQ terrorists were flown to Cuba in 1970 as part of a deal in exchange for James Cross' life, but all members were eventually arrested.
Trudeau announced his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader; however, before a leadership convention could be held, Clark's government was defeated in the Canadian House of Commons by a Motion of Non-Confidence.
Trudeau's approval ratings slipped after the bounce from the 1982 patriation, and by the beginning of 1984, opinion polls showed the Liberals were headed for certain defeat if Trudeau remained in office.
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  PIERRE TRUDEAU FACTS AND INFORMATION
Trudeau served with other conscripts in the home guard, since it was only later, starting in 1944, that limited numbers of conscripts were sent overseas, with the vast majority of those sent overseas being volunteers.
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership, and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture, and who saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change.
Trudeau presented a determined public stance during the crisis, answering the question of how far he would go to stop the terrorists with "Just watch me!" Five of the FLQ terrorists were flown to Cuba in 1970 as part of a deal in exchange for James Cross' life, but all members were eventually arrested.
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 Malaspina Great Books - Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-2000)
Trudeau had been sympathetic to Marxist ideas in the 1940s, and in the 1950s and early 1960s was a supporter of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture and saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change.
Trudeau announced his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader; however, before a leadership convention could be held Clark's government was defeated in the Canadian House of Commons by a Motion of No Confidence and the party persuaded Trudeau to stay on as leader and fight the election.
www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=473   (3144 words)

  
 Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Pierre Trudeau, 1919 - 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau recognized Communist China long before the new nation was acknowledged by the U.S., maintained peaceful relations with Cuba, and discouraged war by means as diverse as welcoming "Draft Dodgers" to lobbying for global nuclear disarmament.
The couple had 3 sons, but the union was nearly the end of Trudeau's political career: Margaret Trudeau reveled in her position as the wife of the "Pop Prime Minister" as well as the freedoms of the 70s era and indulged rather than restrained her youthful bohemian impulses.
Trudeau avoided the spotlight after he retired from politics, and was often seen walking to his law office or with his sons.
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 Pierre Trudeau -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau had been sympathetic to (An advocate of Marxism) Marxist ideas in the (The decade from 1940 to 1949) 1940s, and in the 1950s and early 1960s was a supporter of the (Click link for more info and facts about Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
The "three wise men" ran for the Liberals and were elected in 1965 with Trudeau being appointed two years later to Pearson's (A cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display) cabinet as minister of justice.
Trudeau's government policy of (A person who speaks two languages fluently) bilingualism was one of several issues in both elections.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pierre_trudeau.htm   (3369 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Trudeau had been sympathetic to Marxist ideas in the 1940s, and in the 1950s and early 1960s was a supporter of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
Trudeau was persuaded to run for the Liberal leadership and ran an energetic campaign that mobilized and inspired many youths who had been influenced by the 1960s counterculture and saw Trudeau as a symbol of generational change.
Trudeau announced his intention to resign as Liberal Party leader; however, before a leadership convention could be held Clark's government was defeated in the Canadian House of Commons by a Motion of No Confidence and the party persuaded Trudeau to stay on as leader and fight the election.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Pierre_Trudeau   (3049 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Joseph Philippe Pierre Ives Elliott Trudeau)troodō´, 1919-2000, prime minister of Canada (1968-79, 1980-84), b.
Michel, Hartmut Michel, HartmutmĬkh´el, 1948-, German biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Würzburg, 1977.
Michel was the first person to reduce a photosynthetic action center, which is a four-protein complex, to pure crystalline form.
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 CNN.com - Canadians and world leaders mourn Trudeau - September 29, 2000
Trudeau was prime minister from 1968 to 1984, with a brief break in 1979.
Michel was killed in an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia in 1998.
Trudeau was born Oct. 19, 1919, to a wealthy family in Montreal.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/americas/09/29/canada.obit.trudeau.ap   (967 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau's given names thus captured the bilingual, bicultural personality of Canada, the federalism the man dedicated his political life to preserving and enhancing.
Trudeau and two friends, Jean Marchand and Gerard Pelletier, were invited to run in the federal election that year.
Trudeau could have been the model for what McLuhan meant when he coined the phrase "the medium is the message." It wasn't what the man said, but how he said it — style over substance.
www.canadahistory.com /sections/politics/Pierre_Trudeau.htm   (1218 words)

  
 CNN.com - Trudeau mourned by Canadians, hailed by Castro as statesman - October 3, 2000
Trudeau, who suffered from Parkinson's disease and died of prostate cancer last Thursday at the age of 80, was to be buried privately after the state funeral at the basilica, which strongly resembles its Paris namesake.
Trudeau's daughter, Sarah, whom he fathered at the age of 71, made a rare appearance with her mother, constitutional lawyer Deborah Coyne.
Trudeau swept to power in 1968, the height of the so-called Swinging Sixties, on a wave of support nicknamed "Trudeaumania." His charisma was reminiscent of another young, dashing politician who had captivated the United States when he became president eight years earlier in 1960 -- John F. Kennedy.
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 Eric Siblin | Article Archives
At 51, Trudeau was nearly three decades her senior, a worldy, self-sufficient, highly disciplined man who was resolutely free from the emotional entanglements of other people.
When Margaret broke free from Trudeau, it looked for all the world like she was running off with the bad boys of rock'n'roll, splitting from her husband in an unhinged tell-all escapade that was rich fodder for unparliamentary publications like Playgirl and People.
After Trudeau bounced back to power in the unexpected re-election of 1980, he agreed to share custody of the boys with her, each parent alternating one week at a time.
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 CTV.ca - Trudeau family help open Kokanee Glacier Cabin- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
NELSON, B.C. — Sacha Trudeau and his mother Margaret were on hand for Saturday's dedication of a back-country cabin on the remote lake where Michel Trudeau spent his last days.
The structure replaces the rustic, 103-year-old Kokanee Glacier Cabin where Michel, youngest son of the late former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, stayed before he was swept into the lake by an avalanche in 1998.
Michel's name is the 11th of 13 names on a sign that hangs on a wall inside the cabin, which commemorates all who have died in avalanches in the park.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1058043769689_37?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory   (321 words)

  
 Michel Trudeau is lost - Avalanche! - CBC Archives
Michel, on a three-day backcountry ski trip with three friends, was pushed off the trail by an avalanche in Kokanee Glacier Park, B.C. He was swept down into cold Kokanee Lake, where he is presumed drowned.
Trudeau and Andrew Bednarz were swept into the glacier-fed waters.
As Michel fought for his life in the lake, he replied to the yells of encouragement from his friends on shore, she said.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-75-1483-9934/science_technology/avalanches/clip6   (577 words)

  
 Michel Trudeau Information
Michel Trudeau (October 2, 1975 - November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret Trudeau.
Michel was killed in an avalanche while skiing at British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park on November 13, 1998; he was 23 years old.
The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later created a chalet nearby as a memorial to the youngest son of the Trudeau family.
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 Trudeaus remember Michel and promote avalanche awareness
Margaret and Justin Trudeau told TV host Vicki Gabereau that they didn't want searchers to find Michel, who was 23 when an avalanche swept him into the lake during a ski trip.
Michel, a hiking and skiing enthusiast who had worked as a ski-lift attendant at Red Mountain Ski Resort in the southeastern B.C. town of Rossland, was traversing a steep slope above the lake in Kokanee Glacier Park when he was caught by the slide Nov. 13.
Michel was the youngest of three sons of Margaret and former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who divorced in 1984.
www.canoe.ca /AllAboutCanoesNewsJan00/000114_av.html   (724 words)

  
 Vol. 12 No. 17 - Michel Trudeau talked of faith before death
Michel Trudeau was driving back to Ottawa with his dog Makwa, a fl Labrador-Shepherd cross, when a truck broadsided 22-year-old Michel’s truck, forcing it into the ditch.
It was during that time Michel was befriended by Walker, a local pharmacist.
Michel initially refused, saying his cathedral was mountains, lakes and evergreen trees.
www.christianweek.org /stories/vol12/no17/story2.htm   (571 words)

  
 Margaret Trudeau, Bryan Adams kick off avalanche awareness fundraiser
Michel Trudeau, the youngest son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Kemper Trudeau, was 23 when he was swept into a glacial lake in an avalanche in Kokanee Glacier provincial park.
Trudeau said Tuesday that she and her late husband taught all three of their sons to ski and they loved the sport.
Margaret Trudeau said in a newspaper interview last month that the former prime minister was certain Michel was waiting for him in the afterlife and refused anything - even a sip of water - which might have postponed his death.
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 An Teanga Bheo - The Irish Times weekly Irish language site
Is é "fathach" an t-ainmfhocal is an aidiacht is mó a úsáideann na tráchtairí le cur síos ar Trudeau.
Thug Trudeau rud isteach i saol poiblí Cheanada nach raibh ann roimhe sin nó ó shin i leith.
Seal de bhlianta ó shin, nuair a leath an scéal gurbh é Trudeau, agus é thart ar o 70 bliain d'aois, athair na hiníne a bhí ag an dlíodóir bunreachtúil Ceanadach, Deborah Coyne, ba theistiméireacht bhreise seo ar dhintiúirí Trudeau, de réir mhúnlú an laoich bhéaloideasúil.
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 Michel Trudeau
No one knows how quickly Michel Trudeau realized he was going to die last Nov. 14, when a wall of wet snow sent him tumbling down a southern B.C. mountainside into ice cold Kokanee Lake.
Despite the Trudeau family's expressed concern that no one be put in danger to recover their son's remains, all indications are the government intends to resume operations after the spring thaw.
Michel's death was Canadian first and foremost because he was the son of the former prime minister.
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 Chalet honours memory of Michel Trudeau
A chalet opened Saturday dedicated to Michel Trudeau, the youngest son of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and other outdoor adventurers killed by avalanches.
Michel's name is the 11th of 13 names on a sign that hangs on a wall inside the cabin, which commemorates those who have died from avalanches in the park.
Rescue teams never found Michel's body, but the family says this was the place he was destined to be.
www.cbc.ca /news/story/2003/07/12/trudeauchalet_030712.html   (1333 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Michel Trudeau
The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
The Right Honourable Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, PC, CC, CH, QC, MA, LL.L, LL.D, FRSC (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.
Margaret Sinclair Trudeau (born September 10, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was the wife of Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
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 CTV.ca - Trudeau, Adams join in avalanche fundraiser - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Dressed in leather, Margaret Trudeau danced around the stage and hung herself over Canadian rock superstar Bryan Adams as he performed at a charity concert in Cranbrook, B.C. Tuesday night where $50,000 was raised on behalf of the Canadian Avalanche Foundation.
Trudeau has been working with the foundation since her 23-year-old son, Michel, was killed in an avalanche that swept him into Kokanee Lake two years ago.
The Trudeau family had planned to launch a national awareness campaign about avalanche and backcountry safety last month, but it was postponed because of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's death.
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 Avalanche Incident (CSAC) 111498 Canada
Michel Trudeau, the 23-year-old son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his ex-wife, Margaret, has died in a skiing accident in the Kootenay mountains.
Besides Trudeau's friends, Bednarz and Butcher, the group on the mountain included Bradley Hamacher, 23, Scott Penner, 23, and Paul Sinclair, 23, all of Fernie, B.C. The RCMP would not say which three were rescued by helicopter.
Trudeau is the youngest son of the former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
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 Articles - Pierre Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was devastated by the death of his youngest son, Michel Trudeau, who was killed in an avalanche in November 1998.
He is survived by his ex-wife Margaret, his sons Justin Trudeau and Alexandre "Sacha" Trudeau, a journalist, and his daughter, Sarah, whom he fathered by Deborah Coyne.
During the funeral services, Justin delivered an emotional yet articulate eulogy [1] that led to wide speculation that a career in politics was in his future.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/Pierre_Trudeau   (3104 words)

  
 CANADA MOURNS: The Death of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau graduated from the University of Montreal with honors in law.
Trudeau attended the London School of Economics and Harvard University, after which he took a trip around the world.
Trudeau had wanted Canada to be united and although this is a very sad event for Canada, we now all show that we believe...
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 Trudeau Pierre Elliot - Alphanex
In the 50's, Trudeau was a key figure that lead to Quebec's quiet revolution with is opposition to the premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis and the foundation of the journal Cité Libre.
Trudeau over saw the operation when Alpha Flight attempted to capture Weapon X in Calgary.
Trudeau was the person who broke the news to James Hudson that Department H was to close due to the rescinding of government funding.
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 Untitled
Pierre Trudeau was born in Montreal Quebec on October 18th, 1919.
Trudeau was much against Francophones treated as second class citizens in Canada and was joined by many intellectuals in his fight for Francophone equality.
Trudeau was called back by the Liberals and led them to a majority government.
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