Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Government

Very few Canadians have made the same impacts on Canadian quality of life as Pierre Trudeau did as his time as a politician. During his time as a prime minister, he brought forth many changes that greatly improved the quality of all Canadians living in the country. He made the diverse population of Canada feel safe and included. Pierre trudeau has caused a significant increase on Canadians’ quality of life by helping introduce legislation such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Official Languages act which made Canadians feel safe, protected and included. Although this influential Canadian has caused many and important positive impacts on the lives of Canadians, Pierre Trudeau has also brought forth negative, but temporary

The Indian Act was an attempt by the Canadian government to assimilate the aboriginals into the Canadian society through means such as Enfranchisement, the creation of elective band councils, the banning of aboriginals seeking legal help, and through the process of providing the Superintendent General of the Indian Affairs extreme control over the aboriginals, such as allowing the Superintendent to decide who receives certain benefits, during the earlier stages of the Canadian-Indigenous' political interaction. The failure of the Indian Act though only led to more confusion regarding the interaction of Canada and the aboriginals, giving birth to the failed White Paper and the unconstitutional Bill C-31,

In 1970, the Chiefs of Alberta presented the Citizens plus, it commonly known as the Red Paper. The Red paper pointed out that the Canadian government can not abrogate the Indian Act, because the Indian Act is the link between the aboriginal people and the government of Canada, this is the evidence of Indians people have all sorts of legal rights in Canada, therefore, the Government of Canada must recognize indigenous people have special social status and rights in Canada. In addition, the only way for maintain the Indian culture and language is keep their own identity as Indian. If the Hawthorn-Tremblay Report is regarded as the “citizen plus”, then the White Paper should be defined as the “citizen minus”. The term of the “citizen plus” is

Canada. Trudeau first established this policy in 1971. In more news, also the immigration act

As one of the Canada’s greatest leaders, Pierre Elliot Trudeau brought change that would change Canada forever in a positive manner. Although it can be argued that Trudeau’s behavior was outlandish and informal at times, it could be considered charismatic, however, his behavior to politics was superior. He was inspired to change Canada and make it a better place to live. He did so by implying the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, multiculturalism, and using laws to make Canada a better place. Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s actions changed Canada for the better.

“The past is to be respected and acknowledged but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we find our greatness.” These words were written by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who paved the way for the great Canadian future present today. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was an indispensable leader who guided Canada to greatness, he brought biculturalism and bilingualism to Canada, believed in equality and protecting human rights. Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s accomplishments paved the way for a greater Canadian future because he became the leader Canada needed for protecting human rights, evolving Canada's language and by giving Canada the confidence it needed to succeed.

Pierre Elliot Trudeau was arguably one of the most vivacious and charismatic Prime Ministers Canada has ever seen. He wore capes, dated celebrities and always wore a red rose boutonniere. He looked like a superhero, and often acted like one too. Some of the landmark occurrences in Canadian history all happened during the Trudeau era, such as patriating the constitution, creating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the 1980 Quebec Referendum. However, it is Trudeau’s 1969 “white paper” and the Calder legal challenge which many consider to be one of his most influential contributions to Canadian history.

As the settlers moved west across Canada, they began competing for the same land and resources as the aboriginal people. It was decided for the greater good of Canada, they would need to aggressively assimilate the natives. “In the face of ensuing conflicts, the confederation government of Sir John A. Macdonald came to view First Nations and Métis as serious impediments to nation-building. Even as treaties to make large tracts of land

Protection, civilization, assimilation: An outline history of Canada’s Indian policy by John L. Tobias, 1991.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau rings a bell in most Canadians minds. The confident and charismatic Prime Minister was one of Canada’s most long standing Prime Ministers and helped establish Canada’s sovereignty. Trudeau was born on October 18th, 1919 and lived a privileged life at home and was elected into office. He was elected as Canada’s fifteenth Prime Minister and as the head of the Liberal party from 1968-1971 and was elected again from 1980-1984 (biographi.ca). Trudeau made great strides for Canada from an economic and political point of view through his foreign policy; his work at unifying Canada through the Bilingual Act and Trudeau’s Multiculturalism policy; and lastly, the constitutional reform and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The October Crisis was the first terrorist attack in Canadian history and has been a big part of Pierre Trudeau’s career. His decision to pass the War Measures Act and call in the army was affected by Canadians. Pierre Trudeau handled the crisis by bring in the War Measures Act to end the crimes of the FLQ. The War Measures Act consisted of arresting the criminals of the FLQ and putting the country back at peace again. Canadians had the effect of experiencing their first terrorist attack but with a major help from Trudeau all went well. A lot has changed since 1970 and today, we have a lot of technology in investigating crimes and accomplishing peace to live in a stable country like Canada. “The world will not evolve past its current state

In recent news headlines, the Liberal Party of Canada headed by Justin Trudeau have discussed very tangible stimulants for our economy. Through continued downward spiral of our economy by the conservative government in past years, we can see that it is no easy task and therefore drastic measures are necessary for success. $125 billion dollars drastic. The old saying you need to spend money to make money needs to be looked at. The economy needs money in it to stimulate growth. In the CBC news article "Justin Trudeau says Liberals plan 3 years of deficits to push infrastructure" which can be found at http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-liberals-infrastructure-deficits-1.3205535, Trudeau outlines plans to spend $125 billion on

The “White Paper” policy of 1969 would have unforeseen detrimental effects on not only Native Canadian society but Canada as a whole. POINT ONE-The policy was proposed to reach equality among all Canadians, regardless of ethnicity. The intentions described in the “White Paper”, was to “achieve equality among all Canadians by eliminating Indian as a distinct legal status and by regarding Aboriginal peoples simply as citizens with the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as other Canadians.” The “Indian Act” in particular was deemed discriminatory by the Canadian Federal Government because it did not apply to all Canadians in general. By removing the “Indian Act”, the Government thought they were enabling Natives to be free to develop

Some of those challenges still impact our society today. To make up for what the Canadian government has done in the past, Justin Trudeau is giving Indians money which is coming out of our taxes. Doing this shows responsibility and recognition of the things that were intended to do good, but instead ended up ruining a culture. We have given back their land rights as well. Where us Canadians need to draw for tags in order to fish or hunt, Aboriginal People are allowed to take as much as they want, wherever they want because it is part of their culture and survival. When Canadians want to go to post secondary school, we have to pay thousands of dollars. Whereas Aboriginals get a huge portion of their of their education subsidized. The Canadian

Following the Conservative Party’s victory in the 2006 federal elections, many questions were left unanswered about how the issue of the Indigenous living standards would be addressed. An answer was soon found, the new Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Jim Prentice “asserted that the Kelowna Accord was simply a Liberal pre-election tactic and that there was no paper with signatures” (Durbin 187). In addition, the Harper government was quick to point out that no “money [had] … been budgeted for those purposes” (Durbin 188). They also went as far as saying that the Accord could not have been passed because it was not a national consensus since Quebec Aboriginals had not been present during the discussions (Alcantara and Spicer 189).