O
Oliver, Michael, 22
Oliver, Peter, 170
Ouellet, André, 135
P
Parc La Fontaine, 5, 7, 13, 17
Parizeau, Jacques, 8, 54, 227
Parti pris, 11, 282
Parti Québécois, 10, 108
Peacock, Don, 184
Pearson, Lester B., xiv, 1, 10, 21, 22, 23, 48, 49, 74, 75, 90, 102, 120, 126–127, 131, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 171, 185–186, 208, 210, 214, 216–217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 227, 236, 246, 266, 282
1965 federal election, 64–68, 71
1968 constitutional conference, 151–152, 156–162, 166–170
and Charles de Gaulle, 92–96
constitutional reform, 89, 103–104, 112–113
farewell speech, 205
and Jean Marchand, 58
Liberal succession, 128–130, 138
and Pierre Trudeau, 56–57, 63, 80–84, 91
Quebec, 59–63, 75–76
Pearson, Maryon, 205, 218, 274
Pelletier, Gérard, 12, 49, 54, 56, 63, 65–69, 72, 73, 74, 78, 129, 135–137, 179, 184, 270, 282
and FLQ, 11
and Lester Pearson, 58–59
and Pierre Trudeau, 26, 30, 35–37, 50, 125
Pennell, Larry, 129
Pépin, Jean-Luc, 148, 213
Perrault, Ray, 275
Pinard, Maurice, 46
Pitfield, Michael, 135
Plante, Gaston, 273
Plourde, Lucien, 72
Portelance, Arthur, 275
Porteous, Tim, 184
Porter, John, 26
Pronovost, Martin, 108
Q
Queen Elizabeth II, 8, 89
Queen’s University, 36, 99
Quiet Revolution (Quebec), 4, 7, 8, 31, 37, 39, 43, 51, 53, 59, 283
R
Rae, Bob, 28, 244
Rae, Jennifer, 244
Ralliement créditiste, 72, 78, 185, 186, 230, 275, 276
Rassemblement pour l’indépendance nationale (RIN), 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 39, 44, 68, 92, 93, 96, 108, 270, 282
RCMP. See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regenstreif, Peter, 273
Rice, Robert, 73
Richards, Maurice, 67
Rideout, Margaret, 91
Robarts, John, 89, 101, 104, 111, 112, 141, 142, 143, 157, 158, 283
Robert, Michel, 79
Robertson, Gordon, 36, 157
Rose, Paul, 12
Rotstein, Abraham, 169
Roux, Jean-Louis, 172
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 1, 5, 11, 14, 15, 247, 248, 288
Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 60, 62, 64, 68, 75, 111, 145, 157, 163, 168, 169, 283
Blue Pages, 60–61, 111
Rubin, Eddie, 135
Ryan, Claude, 14, 17, 26, 31, 84, 85, 95, 147, 148, 165, 172, 176, 181, 188, 220, 229, 269, 280, 284
S
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, 3, 4, 7, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 155, 229, 271, 272, 273
1968 riot, 6, 8, 13–19, 272–273, 274
Sauvé, Maurice, 65, 148, 215
Saywell, John T., 28, 130
Scott, Frank, 54
Seale, Lewis, 144, 147, 192
Sharp, Mitchell, 82, 127, 134, 136, 138, 144, 148, 185, 188, 193, 201, 202, 213, 217, 222
Shields, Roy, 142, 236
Sinclair, James (“Jimmy”), 290
Sinclair, Margaret, 134
Sirhan, Sirhan, 245
Slade, Harold C., 251
Smallwood, Joey, 143, 158, 163, 197, 203, 232, 274
Smiley, Donald, 62
Smith, G.I., 143, 158, 162
Sopha, Elmer, 196, 197
Spicer, Keith, 221
St.-Amant, Sylvio, 85
Stanbury, Robert, 125, 135
Stanfield, Robert, 1, 26, 89, 230, 231, 234, 239, 247, 255
1968 election campaign, 235–236, 260–263, 266–269, 274–280
deux nations, 105
and Marcel Faribault, 228–229
smear campaign, 255
special status, 225–228
Steering Committee on Constitutional Questions, 86, 151, 153, 283
Stevens, Geoffrey, 118, 138, 236
Stewart, Walter, 23
Syrian refugees, 295, 296, 298
Szablowski, G.J., 182
Szende, Andrew, 172
T
Tarnopolsky, Walter, 99
Taylor, Charles, 56, 69, 70, 72, 229
Teitelbaum, Ethel, 131
Teitelbaum, Mashel, 131
terrorism, 11, 12, 17, 19, 22, 272–273, 296
Thant, U, 233
Thatcher, Ross, 141, 158, 159, 162
Tremblay, Jean-Noël, 101, 179
Tremblay, René, 59
Troyer, Warner, 259, 260
Trudeau, Alexandre, 288
2011 federal election, 293
2015 federal election, 294–299
Brazeau boxing match, 292–293
childhood, 288–289
comparisons with Pierre, 291–292
eulogy for Pierre, 289
Liberal leadership, 293–294
Trudeau, Michel, 288
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, xiii, xiv, 20–28
abortion rights, 27, 35, 83, 120, 121, 125, 173, 230, 249, 251, 283
Asbestos (Quebec), 35
death of, xiii, 289
divorce, 27, 35, 83, 114–115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 125, 126, 129, 137, 169, 173, 283
education, 31–34
eulogy, 34–35
and homosexuality, 9, 27, 35, 83, 115, 120, 122, 123, 124, 173, 197, 204, 230, 251, 255, 283
justice minister, 10, 27, 35, 82–86, 88–89, 91, 96, 97, 100, 109, 114, 119, 124, 126, 130, 131, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 142, 143, 149, 154–156, 165, 167, 169, 172, 175, 176, 180, 185, 186, 197, 217
Liberal leadership, 35, 130, 136, 137, 140, 148, 172, 174, 180, 182, 201
Privy Council, 29, 36
Robert Kennedy assassination, 246–248
world travels, 31–32, 34
World War II, 18, 31, 32, 252–253
Turner, John, 24, 82, 137, 138, 144, 185–188, 193, 197, 204, 208, 212, 213, 215, 216, 222, 231
Turner, R.E., 124
U
Union Nationale, 9, 86, 101, 108, 146, 155, 161, 194, 226, 243, 283
Université de Montréal, 33, 37, 38, 99
University of British Columbia, 62, 288
University of Toronto, 28, 54, 61, 99, 132, 169, 182
V
Vallières, Pierre, 12
Vietnam War, xiv, 22, 190–191, 196, 207–209, 233, 240
W
Wadds, Jean Casselman, 91
Waite, Peter, 54
Walker, James, 135
Wallace, George, 257
Watkins, Mel, 182–183, 190
Watson, Patrick, 196, 236, 244
Weir, Walter, 141, 158
West, Bruce, 169
Westell, Anthony, 127, 165, 167, 176
Westmoreland, William C., 207
Winters, Robert, 134, 139, 177, 187, 188, 197, 205, 211, 213, 215, 216, 222
Wolfenden Report, 122
Z
Zolf, Larry, 20, 24
Zündel, Ernst, 139
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