Trudeaumania: Role Culture Plays in Achieving Political Power

Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the fifteenth prime minister of Canada. He had many accomplishments that benefited all of Canada which include the official language act of Canada where he made French and English the official languages, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, and the liberalization of laws on abortion, homosexuality and the legalization of lotteries. These are only a few of the many accomplishments that Pierre Trudeau achieved for Canada while his position in Parliament that was important.

Tommy C. Douglas, a politician, Baptist minister, premier of Saskatchewan and first leader of the NDP party was the greatest Canadian. His family had provided a strong background for politics. When he had moved to Canada in 1919, he witnessed the Winnipeg General Strike. From there on, he became a Baptist Minister and the Premier of Saskatchewan in 1944.

Jean Chretien was a responsible prime minister and had accomplished a lot. He brought in a wealth of political experience. Jean was first elected to the house of commons in 1963 and then by 1980 he had every major portfolio. In 1990 he won the leadership of the Liberal Party.

Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada. During his time as prime minister he changed a lot of Canadians lives for the better. He also, made history that will never be forgotten by past, present and future Canadians. Pierre Trudeau kept Canada united, avoiding Quebec to separate from Canada. Trudeau passed many the “Official Language Act” in 1969 making English and French Canada’s official languages. This act made government workers to offer services in both English and French. Trudeau passed many bills and acts, which adequately helped Canada to develop more as a nation. He abolished the death penalty in 1976 which didn’t make people die for the crimes they did or did not commit. He strengthened gun control laws so deaths by gun

Pierre Trudeau Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. During his time he impacted Canada in variety of ways and became one of most important political figures in Canadian history.

Pierre Trudeau, formerly Liberal leader and Prime Minister of Canada, admired by his fans for establishing the current liberalism society of Canada after his serving. He is being credited for popularizing the ideas of multiculturalism, French-English bilingualism, and international foreign policy that have been valued hugely ever since.

Pierre Trudeau, lawyer, politician, and the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, was a big part of keeping national unity during the Quebec sovereignty movement and referendum in 1980. He was also a big part in keeping the Canadian public calm, taking action and standing up to the FLQ during the October Crisis in 1970. Born in Outremont, Montreal on October 18, 1919, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (full name Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau) was born to a wealthy family, along with one brother and one sister (another brother died at birth).

James was kidnapped on October 8th, and Pierre was kidnapped on October October 10th when he was playing football with his nephew on his front lawn. During this month, Premier Bourassa formally requests the government of Quebec (i.e. Prime Minister Trudeau) having “emergency powers” that allow them to “apprehend and keep in custody” people, i.e. members of the FLQ. This request ultimately resulted in the enactment of the War Measures Act. Some opposed Trudeau’s response of enacting the War Measures Act, such as Tommy Douglas who was a Social-democratic politician, but most of the public agreed with his decision.Trudeau’s famous quote “Just watch me” when asked how far he would go to stopping the FLQ. He wanted this group to be abolished as soon as

He made Canada an independent county separated from England and his actions showed us how he truly cared about Canada. On December 2, 1981 The Canadian House of Commons approved Trudeau’s constitutional reform resolution and on April 17, 1982, Queen Elizabeth finally declared independence for Canada from the British Parliament. Other than that, Trudeau stood against the separation of Quebec and made Canada a more united country. During the annual Saint- Baptiste Day parade in Montreal, Trudeau stands against separating Quebec. Trudeau was being thrown rocks and bottles at by the rioters that supported the separation of Quebec. From this, one can see how Trudeau was willing to sacrifice his pride for Canada, at the end he won the election and that is why we see Quebec in Canada’s map

Pierre Trudeau was an effective prime minister because he created the Constitution Act as well as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, made the Official Languages Act and decided to use the War Measures Act during the October crisis. These made Canada what it is today because of Pierre Trudeau.

Pierre Trudeau is the greatest Canadian of the twentieth century due to the fact that he declared Canada’s independence from Great Britain, he abolished the death penalty, and he created the Official Languages Act, making our nation entirely bilingual.

Trudeau himself was a liberal. One of the core beliefs of liberal ideology is that of individual rights, meaning that

Canadian Political Culture, in a nation- state context, can be break down as beliefs and attitudes that Canadian have of political objects( Jackson, Politics in Canada.1994).

The purpose of this essay is to analyse Weber’s theory of authority and power in order to establish its role in the modern contemporary world today. Weber, in his most acclaimed writings, discusses his three ideal types of authority being outlined as traditional, charismatic and rational-legal authority. He believes that in order for any political leader or political establishment to hold legitimate authority over its peoples, they must have either one of these types of authority. All of these types of power and authority can be referred to in some way in today’s contemporary world using examples of differing political leaders and systems. However, Weber’s writings were conducted in 1922 and may be considered as out-dated, and not as relevant as they were at his time of writing. Also, many dispute that Weber’s types of authority were perhaps not entirely relatable and Martin Spencer, like many other critics of Weber’s work in fact argue that there should have been four types of authority. Hence why these issues must be discussed in order to conclude whether Weber’s ideal types of authority are representative of political leaders and governments, and whether or not they can be associated with the contemporary world we live in today.

     Weber identifies several different types of authority. One is traditional legitimacy, which states that authority is bestowed upon someone based on traditional roles of authority, such as the pope or even the parents of children. Charismatic authority tells us that some are granted legitimacy to have authority over our lives by sheer charisma, such as Martin Luther King jr., Adolf Hitler and Gandhi. The third type of authority is rational-legal authority. This states that we grant legitimacy based upon the office they serve. An example of this is the inherent authority of Jesse Ventura over the people of Minnesota, simply because he holds the title of governor.