Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections, the 1970 October Crisis and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Québécois.
Ages 14 to 17
History - Canada 1946-1991
History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
Social Studies - Canadian Politics and Government
Social Studies - Quebec/Federal Relations
Discuss the October Crisis of 1970 and the invocation of The War Measures Act
by Prime Minister Trudeau. Comment on the primary contents of Bill 22 and Bill
101. Research the following politicians as influences on the careers of
Trudeau and Lévesque during this period: Lester "Mike" Pearson, Paul Martin,
Marc Lalonde, Robert Bourrassa, Jean Marchand, and Paul Hellyer.