Trudeau

Trudeau John Fitzgerald Kennedy was made equality a top priority on the nations agenda. JFK- wore wrinkled khaki’s to Congress PET- wore sandals to house of commons JFK-Cuban Missle Crisis PET- War Measures Act JFK-Civil Rights Movement-pushed equality on the top of nations agenda PET-Official Languages Act JFK- “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” inaugural speech PET- “The Government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation” JFK-new level of idealism and activism PET- Charter of Rights and Freedoms, JFK-Televised debate, he won- Radio-Nixon won- awesome speaker, good presence PET-Same thing, used the media, first PM to do so JFK-Young good looking PET-Young and good looking (in comparison to most pm’s) JFK- Admitted if he did something wrong-”All my life I’ve known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead”- after Bay of Pigs PET- Never , admitted he was wrong ( implementation of the WMA) JFK- Pushed for the creation of Peace Corps PET-In the latter post, he gained national attention for his introduction of divorce law reform and for Criminal Code amendments liberalizing the laws on abortion, homosexuality, and public lotteries. He also established a reputation as a defender of a strong federal peace, trudeau, pet, jfk, country, rights, kennedy, war, volunteers, public, good, corps, bill, working, won, support, states, people, part, office, nuclear, nations, looking, level, legislation, leaders, law, king, important, idealism, greatest, government, go, first, federal