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Pierre Trudeau: Prime Minister
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The State Department blacklisted Pierre Trudeau after he attended an economic conference in Moscow. Though branded as a communist sympathizer, Trudeau got into some trouble in the Soviet Union after throwing a snowball at a statue of Stalin. In spite of these early diplomatic problems, Trudeau later served four terms as Canada's Prime Minister.
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Trudeau's approval ratings slipped after the bounce from the 1982 patriation, and by the beginning of 1984, opinion polls showed the Liberals were headed for certain defeat if Trudeau remained in office. On 29 February, after a "long walk in the snow", Trudeau decided to step down, ending his 15-year tenure as Prime Minister. He formally retired on 30 June.
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As prime minister, Trudeau espoused participatory democracy as a means of making Canada a "Just Society." His desire for greater citizen involvement in government appears to have been frustrated by lack of support within his party, and he later opposed greater involvement for citizens in representative democracy. He vigorously defended the newly implemented universal health care and regional development programs as means of making society more just.
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After becoming prime minister in 1968, Mr. Trudeau launched a review of Canadian foreign policy which placed a greater priority on Canada’s relations with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This led to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1970. In 1973, Pierre Trudeau became the first Canadian Prime Minister to visit China.
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Less than two weeks before election day, Trudeau and the Liberal Party set in place an aggressive plan to win back momentum and create heightened focus on leadership, which was their traditional campaign theme. Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto's legendary hockey arena, would set the stage for the largest election campaign rally in Canadian history. Over 18,000 screaming Liberal supporters packed the building for what commentators predicted would be Prime Minister Trudeau's all-time greatest political speech.
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When Lester Pearson resigned as prime minister in 1968, Trudeau was invited to run as a candidate. He won the Liberal leadership convention and called an election immediately after. Capitalizing on his extraordinary popular appeal, labelled "Trudeaumania" by the press, he won a majority government in the June election. One of the most important bills passed by his government was the Official Languages Act, guaranteeing bilingualism in the civil service.
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