{"product_id":"trudeau-as-statesman-1965-2000-son-of-quebec-father-of-canada-9781459755406","title":"Trudeau as Statesman: 1965-2000, Son of Quebec, Father of Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Elliott Trudeau takes on the Quebec Question with a bang, not a whimper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Max and Monique Nemni's third and final volume of their Pierre Elliott Trudeau biography, the man who would be statesman is granted his life's wish. In his fifteen years as prime minister of Canada, Trudeau oversaw the controversial White Paper of 1969 on Indigenous policy, the fateful October Crisis of 1970, and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution together with a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn retirement, he exercised immense influence over Canada's later constitutional politics and was principally responsible for defeating both the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords during the government of Brian Mulroney.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoved and hated in almost equal measure, Trudeau was an iconoclast, shaking up Canada's two solitudes as no other prime minister has ever dared to do. In this meticulously researched and argued political biography, Pierre Trudeau is seen wrestling with the most difficult - and momentous - decisions of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Nemni\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2024) and his wife, \u003cb\u003eMonique Nemni\u003c\/b\u003e (1936-2022), taught in Quebec and Ontario universities and wrote two prize-winning books on their friend Pierre Trudeau, entitled \u003ci\u003eYoung Trudeau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrudeau Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e. They also served as editors of \u003ci\u003eCité libre\u003c\/i\u003e from 1995 to 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Milne\u003c\/b\u003e taught political studies at the University of Prince Edward Island and wrote extensively on Canada during the Trudeau years in \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eTug of War: Ottawa and the Provinces Under Trudeau and Mulroney.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453578805522,"sku":"9781459755406","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d14d1222-a5f3-4ebb-9929-a858470c3c5c.jpg?v=1751974826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trudeau-as-statesman-1965-2000-son-of-quebec-father-of-canada-9781459755406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}