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The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

1978 55 min
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Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections, the 1970 October Crisis and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Québécois.

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The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

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Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections, the 1970 October Crisis and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Québécois.

Politics and Government - Canada History - Canada - 1946-Present All subjects
  • director
    Donald Brittain
  • script
    Donald Brittain
  • narrator
    Donald Brittain
  • producer
    Janet Leissner
    Donald Brittain
  • executive producer
    Peter Katadotis
    Paul Wright
  • photography
    Andreas Poulsson
  • sound
    Claude Hazanavicius
  • editing
    Steven Kellar
  • sound editing
    Abbey Jack Neidik
    Bernard Bordeleau
  • re-recording
    Michel Descombes
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • music
    Art Phillips

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
History - Canada 1946-1991 History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980) Social Studies - Canadian Politics and Government Social Studies - Quebec/Federal Relations
Discuss the October Crisis of 1970 and the invocation of The War Measures Act by Prime Minister Trudeau. Comment on the primary contents of Bill 22 and Bill 101. Research the following politicians as influences on the careers of Trudeau and Lévesque during this period: Lester "Mike" Pearson, Paul Martin, Marc Lalonde, Robert Bourrassa, Jean Marchand, and Paul Hellyer.

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