HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Quebec Nationalism, Eastern Canada, National Energy Program
14 Sep 2016
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Originally anti-semitic but this was only a period of his youth, later on he befriended and promoted many jewish people. Despite being sympathetic to quebec nationalism in his youth, after backpacking the world he became very against it. His wealth permitted him never having to seek out a full time job (freedom to travel and write as he wished) He turned to federalism to ensure freedom and protect minority groups. Jean marchand, pierre trudeau, gerald pelletier all got elected (trudeau as. Minister of justice) - some argue that this was his first real job. Wrote the omnibus bill to change canadian legislation: Got rid of the sodomy legislation in the criminal code. Liberalized divorce law making it easier to get a divorce. Made it somewhat easier for women to obtain an abortion. *all of this suggested that he was symptomatic to the needs of the youth. 1968 leadership campaign = trudeau won significant support from young people.
