Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada. During his sixteen years in office, he made a lot of important decisions and contributions for and to Canada. But did the contributions he made for Canada, make us a better nation? This essay will prove that Pierre Elliot Trudeau made Canada a better nation with his contributions, with the examples of the Official Language Act in 1969, the signing of the Constitution Act in 1982 and the Multicultural Act in 1971. In 1969, only a year that Trudeau had entered office, he passed the Official Language Act. This Legislation made French and English the official languages in Canada and all federal offices had to offer service in both languages. 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." 1. This meant that French and English Canadians could deal with their problems in both languages. Trudeau also quoted, "All Canadians should capitalize on the advantage of living in a country which has learned to speck in two great world languages."2 Therefore, the evidence has proven that the Official Language Act is one of the prime contributions Trudeau has made during his reign of Prime Minister.
The Constitution Act was declared in 1982. Trudeau wanted Canadians to have their own constitution apart from Britain and he also believed that the Constitution would bring the country together. The Constitution offered many things, for example, "The provinces can opt out with full financial compensation from any program established by an amendment that affected educational or cultural matters."3 This means that, any of the provinces can take out any of the financial programs that affect their community.