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Pierre Trudeau Speeches

For a better understanding of Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984, read what he had to say in these interviews and major speeches.
Just Watch Me
Transcript of response of Pierre Trudeau to reporters' questions about the visible presence of troops in Ottawa during the October Crisis. From the Marianapolis College Quebec History site.
Pierre Trudeau on Bilingualism
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduces the Official Languages Bill in the Canadian House of Commons, October 17, 1968. From First Among Equals.
Pierre Trudeau National Broadcast on the FLQ Crisis
Notes for a national broadcast by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on FLQ kidnappings of James Cross and Pierre LaPorte and the invocation of the War Measures Act. October 16, 1970. From the First Among Equals site.
Trudeau on the Repatriation of the Canadian Constitution
Notes for the speech by Prime Mninster Pierre Trudeau at the proclamation ceremony for the repatriation of the Consitution of Canada, April 17, 1982. From First Among Equals.
Trudeau Speech on the 1980 Referendum
Speech delivered by Prime Mninster Pierre Trudeau on the Quebec Referendum, at Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, May 14, 1980. From the First Among Equals site.
Essay on the Referendum
Pierre Trudeau attacks the Canadian separatists' version of constitutional history in "Lucien Bouchard, Illusionist." Originally published in the Montreal Gazette in 1996.

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