NO101 Lecture 8: lecture 8.docx
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Canadians voted trudeau as the top newsmaker for the 20th century. His father was a very successful businessman. Studied at harvard and the london school of economics. Trudeau advocates for political and social change in quebec. Trudeau developed a reputation as a radical socialist. Scholars say he is more aligned with liberalism and democracy. Fundamental believe in democracy and democratic rights. He is bicultural (french and english; anglo-saxon) People want social, political, and cultural change. Occurs when liberal gov"t comes into power after duplessis. He sees something more compatible with his beliefs in the new quebec after the quiet. It also made him see that people were fighting for quebec independence; trudeau is a firm opposition to the quebec separatist movement (he opposes nationalism) He instead argued for federalism (wanted truly equal society in canada) 1965: trudeau joins the liberal party and is elected as mp for the first time (pearson is.