Word: quebecers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mysterious half-smile playing across his lips, a trademark red rose in his lapel and gaggles of young women clinging to his words, Trudeau often seemed more a rake than the philosopher-statesman he aspired to be. Still, the rake's progress was remarkable. The son of a Quebec millionaire, Trudeau had played the stylish dilettante who was occasionally known to ride motorcycles until a successful election bid carried him to Parliament in 1965. There such habits as occasionally wearing sandals to work and driving sports cars made Trudeau a darling of the media. When he called a general...
...playboy veneer concealed keen political vision. Jesuit-educated, Trudeau frequently quoted "reason over passion" as a maxim and often applied it in reconciling the longstanding divisions between Canada's anglophone majority and the French-descended minority concentrated in his home province of Quebec. In one of his finest hours, Trudeau argued successfully for passage of the Official Languages Act of 1969, which effectively established bilingualism as national policy...
Washington 5, Quebec...
...Quebec 8, Pittsburgh...
Nevertheless, the imbalances of Parliament kept him in power. Populous and predominantly French-speaking Quebec is a traditional Liberal stronghold where the loyalty of numbers translated into seats and power. No matter that most of the country was colored Tory blue...