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'''Pierre Elliot Trudeau''' (1919-2000) was the fifteenth [[Prime Minister]] of [[Canada]]. He remains a towering figure in Canadian politics even to this day. He held office for 15 years in two spells, the first from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and the second from March 3, 1980 to June 29, 1984. In longevity and importance, he compares to [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], who was Prime Minister for twenty-one years in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

'''Pierre Elliot Trudeau''' (1919-2000) was the fifteenth [[Prime Minister]] of [[Canada]] (1968-1979, 1980-1984.) He remains a towering figure in Canadian politics even to this day. He held office for 15 years in two spells, the first from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and the second from March 3, 1980 to June 29, 1984. In longevity and importance, he compares to [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], who was Prime Minister for twenty-one years in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Trudeau, leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], is best known for sponsoring the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]], [[repatriation|repatriating]] the Canadian [[constitution]] so that Britain lost its last remaining control over Canada, his anti-American foreign policy, his failed efforts to seize federal control of [[Alberta]]'s oil riches, and his aggressive defeat of [[Quebec]] separatist terrorism by the War Measures Act during the October Crisis in 1970. He strongly endorsed Canadian nationalism and fought the secessionist elements in [[Quebec]], but to do that he angered much of English speaking Canada.  His energy policies angered the Prairie Provinces, especially [[Alberta]], permanently weakening his party there. In terms of American conservatism and liberalism, his Liberal Party contained both conservative and liberal elements; his policies generally were hostile to conservative positions.

Trudeau, leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], is best known for sponsoring the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]], [[repatriation|repatriating]] the Canadian [[constitution]] so that Britain lost its last remaining control over Canada, his anti-American foreign policy, his failed efforts to seize federal control of [[Alberta]]'s oil riches, and his aggressive defeat of [[Quebec]] separatist terrorism by the War Measures Act during the October Crisis in 1970. He strongly endorsed Canadian nationalism and fought the secessionist elements in [[Quebec]], but to do that he angered much of English speaking Canada.  His energy policies angered the Prairie Provinces, especially [[Alberta]], permanently weakening his party there. In terms of American conservatism and liberalism, his Liberal Party contained both conservative and liberal elements; his policies generally were hostile to conservative positions.