As a prime minister, Jean Chretien possessed superior political instincts, which helped him stay a member of parliament for forty years. Chretien also often appeared at Liberal fundraising events. He showed outrageous political experiences in terms of pursuing popular policies for the public, and running campaigns. One of his constants was his ability to speak to the public, sometimes blending English and French to connect with his audience. Although Chretien failed in his first bid for the leadership of the liberal party against John Turner in 1984, this did not cause him to give up. Chretien ran for leadership once again in 1990, and this time he won. Chretien was able to resolve issues quickly. In 1999, one of the most important achievements
of Chretien’s government was the Clarity Act, created in response to the Quebec referendum. This Act stated that federal government would accept a vote to leave Canada by any province as long as majority of citizens agree with it. Chretien often referred that the Clarity Act reinforced the fabric and stability of Canada. At the age of 64, Martin challenged Chretiens leadership of the party. Martin and his followers were said to be organizing a hostile takeover of power. In response to this, Chretien did not back down. He delivered a tough and motivating speech to his caucus, addressing the Liberal party’s upcoming parliamentary agenda, and shut down those who wanted him to step down. Jean Chretien stated, "A prime minister has a unique duty to preserve the integrity of the office. It is not about power. It is about responsibility." Although Chretien never achieved more than 40% of the votes, he still managed all of the power for nearly a dozen years, which only further proves his outstanding leadership.
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“Just watch me.”Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau said in 1970. He meant it as he fought to keep Quebec a part of Canada. Not only did he do that, he managed to be prime minister for 16 years, as well as being Canada’s youngest leader at the time. He brought greater civil rights to Canadians, Quebec citizens mainly. His charismatic personality matched his innovative ideas, that enhanced Canada for the better. For his entire political career, not only did Canada watch him, the whole world watched him change the country for the better. He made a radical change to Canada by championing the idea of officially implementing bilingualism. Trudeau was a trailblazer from the moment he was elected.
even his opponents admitted "there does not exist in Canada a man who has given
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.
	Pierre Trudeau will certainly not be forgotten, even after his death. In my opinion he accomplished a lot for Canada but I disliked his crazy ways of politics, to me the way he does things don’t make much sense. Unlike other politicians Pierre Trudeau, had four central themes: the freedom of the individual; the political equality of all individuals; the superiority of rationality; and democracy as the best form of government. What is interesting about these principles is that at various points in his writing Trudeau's value for each one of them compromises and even contradicts his value for one or more of the others. In this way, irony becomes a part of Trudeau's liberalism.
Sir John A. Macdonald was one of Canada's founding fathers. He is most remembered as being Canada's first Prime Minister, running the government from July 1, 1867 until November 5, 1873. Macdonald would become Prime Minister once again on October 17, 1878 and would stay in this position until June 6,1891. While he was leader of the country he faced his own share of political obstacles, including Confederation, the Metis rebellion and threats of an American he is among the greatest leaders Canada has ever seen and played a significant part in the forming of Canada as a country.
Ronald Reagan is known as the "Great Communicator" by many. In 1992, as he delivered a speech at the Republican Convention, one would not doubt his excellence in public speaking. He demonstrated superiority of speech and was easy to critique because of the situation, the content of his speech, his credibility, and his delivery.
Was it because of his part in the decline of the Liberal party? Or was
Joseph Jacques Jean Chretien is the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in a position as a Prime Minister from 1993 to 2003. Chretien's greatest advantage was his long years of experience in Parliament and Cabinet. In a government or an opposition, Chretien had served with six Prime Ministers and held twelve ministerial positions. As a Liberal Party member, Chretien sat in Parliament for twenty-seven years (Canada.ca).
..., he led Canada during the depression. King was an opinionated man, which led him to lose one of the most important elections where he held a speech, the “five-cent speech”. People could never impact King; this was both a strength and weakness for him, which had a huge effect during the 1930 election.
Paul Martin was extraordinary with the spending of Canadian dollars. 1998 was the year he finally erased the $42 billion deficit created by Prime minister Jean Chretien. Martin was very familiar with spending and not spending in order to help Canadians as he had been Finance Minister for 10 years under Mr. Chretien. The wise money man of Mr. Martin also spent $41 billion to help increase the Canadian health care. This was known as the health care accord. This was something Canadians had never seen before. This act showed Paul Martin cared for the people living in his country and that everyone would live healthier under his watch
...ecome the chairman of the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). He remained chairman until 1975, and truly left an impact on the CRTC, which later used his name for the Juno Awards. In 1975, he was chosen as Minister of Communications, then chairman of the National Capital Commission. From 1982-1989 he occupied the role of President at Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). He retired in 1989.
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Henry David Thoreau was born David Henry Thoreau on July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts. He had three siblings, John, Helen, and a younger sister, Sophia. His mother, Cynthia Dunbar, rented parts of their home, and his father, John, operated a local pencil factory. As a very smart and promising student, he went to Harvard College (Bio). In order to help pay for his tuition, his older brother John taught school while he was there (HDT). At one point, he took a break from college since it seemed to disinterest him, to teach in Canton, Massachusetts. His brother John died from tetanus while they were running a grammar school in Concord, the Concord Academy (Life and Legacy). Louisa May Alcott was one of their students (Schmoop).
Sir George-Etienne Cartier is born on September 6, 1814, and is a horrendous father of confederation. In George’s speech, he is trying to introduce a new way of living for us, Canadians, that is a disgraceful way to survive. I honestly don’t like that idea because the way that we live currently is an impeccable way of living. I am not falling for Cartier’s deception to make us all vote for him as he is only going to completely change our lives. His way of thinking will appeal to the wealthy as it is most likely only affect the rich in a very good way and leave us, the not so fortunate, with the same refuge. Why should we listen to Sir George when he was opposed to Upper Canada and Lower Canada being under one government. From his past events,