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  Pierre Trudeau - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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.
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.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pierre_Trudeau   (4176 words)

  
 Alexandre Trudeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian journalist, and the son of former Prime Minister, the late Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau.
Trudeau is also a director of Canada World Youth, and of the Trudeau Foundation for excellence in social sciences and humanities research and innovation.
Trudeau offered to be a surety for Hassan Almrei, a Syrian refugee held in a Canadian jail for four years without any charges being laid ([[1]]).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandre_Trudeau   (436 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau was hospitalized for 10 days with pneumonia at the beginning of the year, and associates say he never fully regained his strength.
In typical Trudeau style, he described himself as ``surprised and quite pleased'' at learning of the honor, but refused to be swayed from his personal desire for privacy in his post-political life.
Trudeau become a professor of constitutional law at the University of Montreal in 1961, and his leftist writings and association with Quebec intellectuals positioned him for entry into federal politics.
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 Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1968 to 1984, with a brief interruption in 1979–1980.
Trudeau was carried by an honour guard from the RCMP into the Hall of Honour to lie in state.
Trudeau's sons asked that the train be slowed so that the many crowds along the tracks could pay their respects to the former Prime Minister as the cortege passed through the many rural towns and farmlands along the way.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Pierre_Trudeau   (1487 words)

  
 CBC.CA - Your Space
Trudeau once when he was in Yellowknife with one of his young sons.
Trudeau was a remarkable man and I followed his polital history at a very early age.
My thoughts and prayers are with Justin and Sacha at this time, as they have lost the man who was their father, a devoted father who was always there for his children even though he had a country to run most of the time during their growing up years.
cbc.ca /news/yourspace/trudeau55.html   (6405 words)

  
 Dorval Airport To Be Renamed For Trudeau - Political Forums
Trudeau was responsible for the building of Mirabel airport north of Montreal which became a financial albatross around the neck of the federal government.
Trudeau was a great man (a horrible prime minister, but a good man) who captured the hearts of millions of Canadians.
Trudeau certainly voiced many important issues of social concern and his unusual charisma made him popular among youth and his stance on Quebec brought him popularity among the general public.
www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=520   (1138 words)

  
 Turks.US Daily News - A Canadian's decision to bear witness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau ran for his camera, and dashed from the house where he was living with an Iraqi family, to the highway juncture that led to the airport.
Trudeau, a documentary filmmaker and son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, decided to "bear witness," as he puts it, to the suffering that was about to be inflicted on Iraqi civilians.
Trudeau describes as "almost constant chaos," he was touched by the humanity in the streets.
www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030813231453276   (1010 words)

  
 CANADA MOURNS: The Death of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
On Thursday September 28, Justin and Sacha Trudeau, the two living sons of the former Prime Minister issued this statement.
Trudeau graduated from the University of Montreal with honors in law.
Trudeau had wanted Canada to be united and although this is a very sad event for Canada, we now all show that we believe in his vision, we believe in that unity in our country and will continue where...
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/canadian_tourism/49367   (629 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Sacha Trudeau remembers Iraq in documentary
Trudeau, a documentary filmmaker, was in Baghdad, before, during and after the U.S. bombing campaign.
Trudeau, 29, says he wanted to tell the story of the invasion of Iraq, not from the viewpoint of western journalists travelling with the coalition forces, but from that of an ordinary middle-class Iraqi family.
Trudeau says these people have known years of misery and if the Americans are trying to wait them out, hoping they will eventually go along with the opposition government they want to install, it won't happen.
ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1060825409400_245/?...   (800 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau's funeral should be held there, but how it could be held anywhere else.
Trudeau's surviving sons, Sacha and Justin, have requested a solemn event that is both formally religious yet personal enough to reflect their father.
Trudeau proud -- a rendition of O Canada on the church's 7,000-pipe organ.
www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com /series/trudeau/basilica.html   (643 words)

  
 CNN.com - Former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau dies - September 28, 2000
The youngest son, Michel, died in an avalanche in 1998 at age 23, and Trudeau's grief was considered a factor in his hospitalization for pneumonia.
Trudeau was born Oct. 18, 1919, into a wealthy Montreal family.
Trudeau become a professor of constitutional law at the University of Montreal in 1961, and his leftist writings and association with Quebec intellectuals positioned him for federal politics.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/americas/09/28/trudeau.obit.01.ap   (1100 words)

  
 Qwika - similar:Pierre_Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1968 to 1984, with a brief interruption in 1979-1980.
Pierre Trudeau at the 1968 Liberal convention The Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention of 1968 elected Pierre Elliott Trudeau as the new leader of the Liberal Party; he was the unexpected winner in what was one of the most important leadership conventions in party history.
Justin Trudeau eulogizing his father during his state funeral Justin Trudeau (born December 25, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario) is the eldest son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau.
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 Justin Trudeau's Eulogy given for his father Pierre Elliot, former prime minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau's eulogy given at the funeral for his father Pierre Elliot Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada.
Trudeau died on September 28, 2000, and is buried in the Trudeau family crypt, St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Remi, Quebec.
Trudeau wrote and spoke out against both the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord arguing that they would weaken federalism and the Charter of Rights if implemented--his opposition was a critical factor leading to the defeat of the two proposals.
www.clevernet.net /pierre_trudeau/justin_trudeau_eulogy.html   (1295 words)

  
 Trudeau event at St. Jerome's | News, Media, and Events | University of Waterloo
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship was established by former UW professor and local businessman Dr. Ronald Schlegel.
Trudeau's second son, Alexandre, will be the featured speaker at the book launch and fundraising dinner.
A documentary filmmaker and journalist, Sacha Trudeau came to national prominence in 2003 for his reportage of the American invasion of Iraq.
newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca /archive/news.php?id=4184   (412 words)

  
 Remembering Pierre Trudeau, the statocrat - Le Québécois Libre, December 20, 2003
This was not the opinion of the federal Transport minister who said that Pierre Elliott Trudeau "wasn't controversial." "I spoke with Sacha Trudeau [Pierre Elliott's son] a couple of times," he admits, which is quite normal in a hereditary democracy.
At the time when Pierre Elliott Trudeau started wielding power as a politician, the same phenomenon of state growth was happening in all Western democracies.
Trudeau only did against Canadian liberties what other heads of state were doing against their own peoples.
www.pierrelemieux.org /arttrudeau.html   (775 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau, former Canadian prime minister dies: 9/29/00
Trudeau died of prostate cancer, said Roy Heenan, senior partner of the Montreal law firm Heenan Blaikie, where Trudeau worked.
Trudeau's sons Justin and Sacha Trudeau also confirmed their father's death.
During 16 years as prime minister, briefly interrupted by a 1979 election defeat, Trudeau seemed to personify the dynamic political and social changes in North America with a sophisticated, sometimes irreverent style that fascinated and captivated his country.
www.s-t.com /daily/09-00/09-29-00/a22wn079.htm   (503 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau, a self-professed left-wing journalist, says he is sympathetic to the Palestinian struggle.
Trudeau uses journalism as a way to reveal the common humanity of all people.
Trudeau is currently working on a film about the Canadian system of security certificates under which suspected terrorists are detained indefinitely, without trial, based on secret evidence.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7853   (581 words)

  
 CBC News - 'He won't be coming back anymore, it's up to us'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau's state funeral began Tuesday morning with a stately procession from Montreal's City Hall, where he had lain in state.
Then, Sacha Trudeau, 26, read from the Book of Daniel, comparing his father to a towering tree that gave sustenance and shade to all Canadians.
Since Trudeau's death from prostate cancer Thursday at age 80, about 75,000 Canadians paid their respects to him as he lay in state, first in Parliament's Hall of Honour and later in Montreal City Hall.
cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/10/03/trudeau_b001003   (837 words)

  
 Biography for Pierre Trudeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The most flamboyant politician in Canadian history, Trudeau was applauded by some and condemned by others for his behavior both in and out of office.
Trudeau was fl-listed for several years during the 1950s and denied entry to the United States because of his visits to communist China and an international economics conference in the Soviet Union.
Three sons, Justin Trudeau, Sacha Trudeau, and Michel, with Margaret Trudeau.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0874047/bio   (399 words)

  
 Castro-Cuba-SachaTrudeau NP on DTNicholson's Wednesday-Night.com
Writing on August 13, Castro's 80th birthday, Sacha lovingly described the kindly attentions Cuba's leader once lavished on his late brother Michel, whom the despot nicknamed "Micha-Miche." When Michael was eight years old, we learn, he complained to his mother that he had fewer friends than his brothers.
Sacha's article is full of this sort of maudlin recollection, so much so that one is reminded of the purple love letters Nikolai Bukharin wrote to Stalin from prison in the (vain) hope of winning his freedom.
Sacha is still a young man -- perhaps young enough to rebound from this blunder if he's more careful with his words.
www.wednesday-night.com /Castro-Cuba-SachaTrudeau.asp   (1542 words)

  
 ► Raulken Canada - Justin Trudeau to wed Sophie Gregoire today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trudeau, 33, was to walk down the aisle with Sophie Gregoire, 30, a TV host and only daughter of a wealthy Montreal stockbroker.
The groom''s brother, Sacha Trudeau, served as the best man. Following the ceremony and reception at a Montreal hotel, the newlyweds were to leave for a month-long honeymoon.
A part of the Trudeau legacy was parked at the church curb.
www.raulken.ca /printout67891.html   (205 words)

  
 Pierre Trudeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trudeau later claimed that he was willing to become involved in the war, but believed that to do so would be to turn his back on a Quebec population that he considered to have been betrayed by the King government.
Throughout the 1950s, Trudeau was a leading figure in the opposition to the rule of Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis, as the founder and editor of Cité Libre, a dissident journal that helped provide the intellectual basis for the Quiet Revolution.
As justice minister, Pierre Trudeau was responsible for removing laws against homosexuality from the Criminal Code of Canada, famously remarking: "The view we take here is that there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." Trudeau also liberalized divorce laws, and clashed with Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson, Sr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Trudeau   (4662 words)

  
 Amnesty International have criticized the certificates, saying they violate basic human rights. Free Dating, Singles ...
The son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau told a Federal Court that he believes a Muslim man jailed for alleged connections to terrorism is innocent and that Canada should abandon the controversial measures keeping him there.
Trudeau said he would accompany him as a bail condition for leaving home if the bid was granted.
Trudeau said he was considering shooting a documentary film on security certificates and had visited Almrei twice in a Toronto jail and spoke to him on the telephone concerning it.
forums.plentyoffish.com /datingPosts1399425.aspx   (1461 words)

  
 CIVITATENSIS » Blog Archive » The Castro that Sacha Trudeau Does Not See
A letter to the editor (subscribers only) in the National Post today should be kept away from Sacha Trudeau, whose sheltered moral turpitude recently found public display.
I have actually had the pleasure of meeting Alexandre Trudeau, the one who wrote the letter to the Star, and he had quite an interesting view on Canada in general.
Trudeau writes about Castro from behind the sheltered veil of his priviledged life and his dream-like childhood.
www.civitatensis.ca /archives/2006/08/22/1445   (1539 words)

  
 The UBC Thunderbird
Trudeau's appearance on the Maclean's cover was designed to promote one of his series of articles, and timed to run shortly after the airing of his one-hour CTV special, Embedded in Baghdad.
Sacha has escaped most of the political speculation swirling around Justin and other prime ministers' children, in part because he seems to be genuinely immersed in his journalism.
But more importantly, Sacha, Ben and even Catherine's moves off the society pages conform in a marketable way to the public's expectations of their names.
www.journalism.ubc.ca /thunderbird/archives/2003.11/famous_kids.html   (1021 words)

  
 Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau Embedded in Baghdad Airing Sunday, September 7 on CTV
Armed with a camera and a thirst for uncovering the truth, Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau trained his lens on anything and everything, conducting interviews deep inside the war-torn capital.
The result is a compelling one-hour documentary, shot, produced and told by Trudeau himself, chronicling his experiences for all Canadians to see.
As battles rage all around them Trudeau explores the thoughts and fears that accompany the war, opening the door to a world that is rarely seen in news reports.
www.bce.ca /en/news/releases/bg/2003/08/12/70487.html   (462 words)

  
 Said the Gramophone: Everything Rises But Matzah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sacha is filmmaker, a writer, and the son of former Prime-Minister Pierre Trudeau.
In addition, he’s fond of telling a story the moral of which is “keep your mouth shut when riding a motorcycle,” the subject of which is the time he swallowed a whole bat.
The veracity of the story, I’ve been told, was once challenged by Steve’s good friend Sacha Trudeau; whereupon, Steve proved, analytically, that the story was 100% true.
www.saidthegramophone.com /archives/everything_rises_but.php   (1382 words)

  
 Free Dominion :: View topic - Alex Trudeau
I'll grant that the style of the accusations against Sacha Trudeau are similar...but I would differ on the substance...
The thing about Sacha is that he is an independent young man...yes, belonging to privilege...well, so what...it's a FREE country...you're allowed to be born to privilege...and he hasn't sought any political spotlight or agenda...in fact, his views are rather benign compared to some...
Let's await the maturing of Sacha in his work and evaluate it on its merits not by his birth or the size of his bank account...
www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=150932   (908 words)

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