The Trudeau Era

The following PowerPoint presentation takes a look at French-English relations in Canada. It will provide you with the background story which runs through the course of the events we have looked at recently in class. Click on the first link at the top of the search index you reach when clicking on the hypertext link below.


French-English Relations in Canada


Below are some of the CBC archives media that you were exposed to during our study:

Trudeau on the Campaign Trail

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/6508/

Trudeau as a Rising Political Power

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13243/

Trudeau in Retrospect on Trudeaumania

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/198/

Trudeau and His Analogy of Sleeping with an Elephant and Living Next to the United States

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13249/

Trudeau and the "Fuddle-Duddle" Comment

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/2955/

FLQ Backgrounder

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/terrorism/clips/596/

FLQ Kidnapping of James Cross

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/terrorism/clips/557/

FLQ Kidnapping of Pierre Laporte

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/civil_unrest/clips/602/

Trudeau's Response to the FLQ - The War Measures Act

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/terrorism/clips/618/

Some Public Reaction to War Measures Act Being Used

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/civil_unrest/clips/616/

Trudeau - "Just Watch Me"

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/civil_unrest/clips/610/

Pierre Laporte Found Dead

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/terrorism/clips/611/

James Cross Released

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/civil_unrest/clips/620/

1972 Minority Government for Trudeau

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13245/

1974 Majority Government for Trudeau

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13251/

1979 Election Debate

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/federal_politics/clips/15789/

Trudeau Loses - And Announces His Retirement

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13256/

The Clark Minority Government Falls and Trudeau Makes A Comeback

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13250/

Trudeau Makes a Deal with the Provinces to Repatriate the Constitution

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/constitution/clips/6044/

Repatriation of the Constitution

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/constitution/clips/13264/


Trudeau Resigns

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/prime_ministers/clips/13257/


Please note: The following items will help you prepare for the final exam. Ensure that you are familiar with the material below.

Mini-Unit III: Modern Canadian Issues:

1. Identify and explain at least four examples of where conflict or misunderstanding between English and French Canadians is seen in Canadian history.

2. What was the FLQ Crisis – Identify the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and be able to explain the historical significance of this event.

3. Who was Pierre Elliot Trudeau? Why was he such an important and controversial Canadian figure? Explain in detail some of the controversial political moves that Pierre Elliot Trudeau made.

4. Who is Rene Levesque? How did sovereignty-association differ from separation?

5. Explain the Quebec Referendums – When did they occur? What were they? What were the results of the referendums? Why were they significant in Canadian History?