Graduating from extraordinary institutions such as Harvard and The School of Economics in England, Trudeau returned to Canada in 1949 and resumed his interest in social science. At this time in Quebec, the province was experiencing tremendous cultural and political differences with the rest of the country. The Union Nationale had taken possession of political matters in Quebec and was steadily dismantling the socialist essence imposed on the province by the Federal government. The current Prime Minister, Maurice Duplessis, found himself battling a religious nationalist movement that corrupted the very heart of political stability in Quebec. Trudeau believed that Democracy must come before Ideology. Eventually this statement would attract many politicians and this had allowed him to go on with his ideology onto the people of Quebec. In 1963 when the newly appointed Premier of Quebec, Rene Levesque, warned that Quebec would quit Confederation if a new Canada wasn’t formed in 6 years. In 1962 Trudeau actually began defending Federalism to the average worker. In 1965 Pierre Trudeau finally entered politics. He was a defender of civil rights and freedoms, even as a teenager. When he joined the struggling Liberal party in 1965 this would mark the beginning of a political career that would take him to the heights and power in his dominion.
Trudeau played a prominent role in Canadian politics. He was always and will be respected and admired for responsibilities in federal policies. Trudeau got himself in power, by focusing on two choices he would offer to Quebec: full sovereignty or maximized integration into the American continent. Trudeau avoided the violation of state policies on the individual's rights and freedoms. Many members of the federal government believed that Trudeau did not speak on behalf of French Canadians but instead he substituted their cultural state with his own theories. Trudeau believed that he dedicated his anthology in order for others to understand the problems that French Canadians faced in terms of cultural progress.
Trudeau’s involvement with the Federal stand may have saved our country Canada. In Trudeau’s books, Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Reason Before Passion, and, Trudeau's Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, covers an enormous amount of historical content. They are fascinating to read and discover how closely he would follow his vision and eventually ascend to the position of Prime Minister.
Trudeau got himself involved in a field, politics, which required countless skills. It would lead to his federalist stance which would eventually be justified as a great accomplishment in the 1970’s and in Canadian history.
Inderpal Kalsi
