Pierre Elliott TRUDEAU
TRUDEAU, The Right Hon. Pierre Elliott, P.C., C.C., C.H., Q.C., M.A., LL.L., LL.D., F.R.S.C.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal
- Constituency
- Mount Royal (Quebec)
- Birth Date
- October 18, 1919
- Deceased Date
- September 28, 2000
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=3e66b4c9-6dae-4083-8d96-5d3f94979e94&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- lawyer, professor of law, writer
Parliamentary Career
- November 8, 1965 - April 23, 1968
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (January 7, 1966 - April 3, 1967)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 4, 1967 - April 19, 1968)
- President of the Privy Council (March 11, 1968 - April 19, 1968)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
- President of the Privy Council (April 20, 1968 - May 1, 1968)
- Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
- June 25, 1968 - September 1, 1972
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
- Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
- October 30, 1972 - May 9, 1974
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
- July 8, 1974 - March 26, 1979
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
- May 22, 1979 - December 14, 1979
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Prime Minister (April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980)
- February 18, 1980 - July 9, 1984
- LIBMount Royal (Quebec)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980)
- Prime Minister (March 3, 1980 - June 29, 1984)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 3967)
June 29, 1984
Right Hon. P. E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):
Mr. Speaker, I would not intend to be a valedictorian today. However, the best advice I could give to the people of this country, to continue to help solving these problems, would be to vote Liberal in the next election.
Subtopic: PLIGHT OF SINGLE FEMALE PARENTS
June 29, 1984
Mr. Trudeau:
Yes, come on. Is it because there are no votes in Manitoba for his Party? Is it because there are no votes in all the other groups? Some of these other groups-
Subtopic: REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
June 29, 1984
Mr. Trudeau:
And you are sick if you are trying to take one wrong out of Canadian history and make great speeches about it and say that we-excuse me, Mr. Speaker, through you- say that we are going to deal with this particular problem because there is a particular pressure group now. We could mount pressure groups across this country on many areas where there have been historic wrongs. I do not think it is the purpose of a Government to right the past. It cannot re-write history. It is our purpose to be just in our time, and that is what we have done by bringing in the Charter of Rights.
Subtopic: REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
June 29, 1984
Right Hon. P. E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the emotion with which the Leader of the Opposition speaks. I respect that. He feels deeply indignant about what happened to the Japanese Canadians some 40 years ago. I share that indignation. I have expressed it on other occasions. It seems to me he is making much of a semantic difference between an apology and a regret. As for me I am always prepared, with some effort, to apologize for my actions.
Subtopic: REQUEST THAT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE
June 29, 1984
Right Hon. P. E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):
Mr. Speaker, I thank the Hon. Member for remembering what I said two weeks ago and for remembering what he said to me 23 years ago. I assure him that I have always respected his sense of dedication to Canada and the means that he used in order to further the Canadian common weal.
I must say that this House has been very supportive of the peace initiative. All Parties have joined in a very difficult negotiation, and a very successful one, in ensuring that the Peace Institute would be created by this Parliament. I am particularly grateful to the committee chairman, the Hon. Member for Saint-Denis, who ensured the difficult negotiations which permitted the passage in committee and, of course, to my colleague, the Secretary of State for External Affairs who, with the Hon. Member for Yukon and the Hon. Member for New Westminster-Coquitlam, was able to give life to this Institute. I am sure the Hon. Member for Winnipeg-North Centre will, like me, in our respective retirements wish all those who will be involved in the Institute and in the pursuit of
June 29, 1984
Petitions
peace, which is so dear and so close to Canadian ideals, well, and watch with approval their work in that line.
Subtopic: LIBERAL PARTY LEADERSHIP CONVENTION-PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH