Pierre Trudeau

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conservation. And yet, he allowed energy-conservation measures in Canada to fall far behind those of the United States. More than a few times, Trudeau has insisted that it is our moral obligation as Canadians to share our wealth with poorer nations. Nevertheless, he still reduced foreign-aid spending and even put a protective quota on textile imports from developing countries. Trudeau has written about the importance of consensus in government. But again, this did not prevent him, on more than a few occasions, from entirely disregarding the consensus of his cabinet ministers on a given issue, preferring instead to make the decision on his own. And the list goes on.


Through the magazines I have examined, I have come to the conclusion that, although Canada did very well as a country while Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister, he was a very contradicting man, and therefore can be said, with confidence, that irony is a more than adequate characterization of the relationship between ...

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