Before 1982, Canada's constitution was the British North America Act. ... For years, Canadian governments had considered patriating the constitution, but no agreement could be reached. In 1981, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau decided it was time to act upon the ideas of the Canadian people. ... The Federal Government asked the British Parliament to pass legislation that would allow the constitution to be "brought home to Canada. ... The Act was passed in 1982 by British Parliament. ...

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However, "Le petit gars de Shawinigan- (Little guy from Shawinigan, as he became known) has been elected as a Member of Parliament 11 times in total. ... Jean Chrétien was first elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1963 as a backbencher without a portfolio, representing the constituency of St. ... Under Jean Chrétien's leadership, unemployment levels in Canada are at an all time low. ... Chrétien was Pierre Trudeau's right hand man during the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and helped to confidently integrate the Charter into Canadi...

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada. ... But did the contributions he made for Canada, make us a better nation? ... The act that had been made in 1969, stated that, "the English and the French languages are the official languages of Canada, for all purposes of the Parliament and Government of Canada and posses and enjoy equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada.... This made Canada more diverse, more open to the world and more multicultural, instead of just being French and...

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a politician, a lawyer, a writer and one of Canada's greatest prime ministers whom had the idea of Canada's independence and acted on it. ... After running for the Liberals in the 1965 federal election, Trudeau was elected to Parliament and soon was appointed as a parliament secretary to Prime Minister Lester Pearson. ... Trudeau is sworn in again as PM of Canada on February the 18th in 1980. ... The Partition of the Canada Constitution was created in 1982, which made Canada completely independent from other countries around the Wor...

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