"Justin Trudeau described by friends as down-to-earth and sensitive", Canadian Press, October 4, 2000, 03:25; Tonda MacCharles, "Son 'most like Pierre' relishes his privacy; While Liberals talk about dynasty, Justin looks forward to returning to teaching job". Grgoire Trudeau has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the prime minister . [266], On August 15, 2021, Trudeau advised Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve parliament, scheduling an election for September 20. When a second cabinet member resigned in protest in early March, Trudeau held a news conference to defend his actions, arguing it was important to advocate for the interests of a major jobs provider while also respecting the rule of law. Gratitude. [195][196][197][198], During his time as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has been the target of multiple death threats and assassination plots. After 16 years as prime minister, Trudeau retired from politics in 1984. Asked to speak to the . [8], In 2005, Grgoire attended a charity function where she met several CTV Television Network employees. [11][12] The problem lasted into her early 20s, when she revealed the illness to her parents and subsequently began a two-year period of recovery. After their divorce was finalized in 1984, Pierre moved to Montreal with Justin and his younger brothers Alexandre, or "Sacha," and Michel. 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His positive campaign stood in sharp contrast to his opponent Stephen Harper's re-election efforts, which included numerous attack ads on Trudeau. During his third term, he invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protests (the first time the act was brought into force since it was enacted in 1988) and introduced a limited dental care program. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Trudeau had difficulty adjusting to her new position. With the ascension of a new rival who is shifting the country's . but because of their age difference, they didn't speak much . [242] In Alberta and Saskatchewan, the Liberal party won 14 per cent and 10 per cent of the popular vote, respectively. [33], Grgoire Trudeau's husband Justin Trudeau was officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of Canada on November 4, 2015. [156] The following day, Trudeau apologized, saying he was wrong to use "Alberta" as "shorthand" in referring to Stephen Harper's government. CTV News Network, "Memorial of Nelson Mandela", December 10, 2013. [155], During the leadership campaign three by-elections were held on November 26, 2012. [15][bettersourceneeded]. Welcome to the world, little . Trudeau posted a tweet just after 10 a.m. [17][33] In June 2013, two months after Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, the couple sold their home in Montreal's Cte-des-Neiges neighbourhood and began living in a rented home in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa. Sophie Grgoire Trudeau (French: [sfi ew]; born April 24, 1975), also known as Sophie Grgoire, is a Canadian retired television host.She is married to the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.She is involved in charity work, social work, and public speaking, focusing mainly on the environment, women's issues, and children's issues. [305] Trudeau's parliament also adopted legislation for marine conservation,[306] banning six common single-use plastic products,[307] and strengthening environmental impact assessments. [333], On June 13, 2022, Trudeau tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time. Garneau called on him to release more detailed policies before members and supporters begin to vote. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. [192] He became the first sitting prime minister to break federal conflict of interest rules. [41] Remixed versions of the song were released online afterward. Trudeau was declared the winner of the leadership election on April 14, 2013, garnering 80.1 per cent of 30,800 votes. The riding Calgary Centre was expected to be a three-way race between the Conservatives, Liberals and Green Party. Andre Picard and Mark Mickleburgh, "'Je t'aime, papa' THE SON: The very private Justin becomes a very public figure". He became a roommate at the Douglas Lodge[69] with fellow West Point Grey Academy faculty member and friend Christopher Ingvaldson. Justin Trudeau, 49, is the leader of Canada's Liberal Party and the country's 23rd and current Prime Minister. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregorie Trudeau arrives at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on September 11, 2019 . [116] Following his election win, Edward Greenspon, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, noted that Trudeau would "be viewed as few other rookie MPs areas a potential future Prime Ministerand scrutinized through that lens". Grgoire Trudeau grew up as an only child, first living in Sainte-Adle and moving to the Mount Royal area of Montreal at age four. After she refused, the King sent the equerry back just to ask her name. "[294], The Trudeau government's economic policy initially relied on increased tax revenues to pay for increased government spending. Xavier, Trudeau's seven-year-old son, is slashing the air with a samurai sword . During the campaign, she was involved, but avoided campaigning in public as the Harper campaign's main attack line against Justin was "Just Not Ready" and feared they would suggest her son was "so unready he needs his mummy. After the end of the 2015 election, Grgoire Trudeau indicated her preference for the hyphenated surname of "Grgoire-Trudeau", but she switched to using the unhyphenated form in March 2016. 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Early life Ancestry and birth. . [160] Trudeau clashed in debates with challenger Joyce Murray, who was the only Liberal leadership candidate to speak out strongly in favour of electing the House of Commons with a system of proportional representation. [12] Intveld was born in Padang, present-day West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Liberals won 184 of the 338 seats, with 39.5% of the popular vote, for a strong majority government;[173][174] a gain of 150 seats compared to the 2011 federal election.[173]. Trudeau was chided early in the campaign by some for empty sloganeering when he suggested that the economy should be grown not from the top down but from the heart outwards. However, Trudeau deftly positioned himself to the left of Thomas Mulcair, the leader of the traditionally leftist New Democratic Party (NDP), by arguing that three years of deficit spending would be necessary to finance spending on infrastructure improvements for the good of society and the economy, whereas Mulcair occupied the more-centrist position of saying that any expansion to social programs would be dependent on achieving a balanced budget. [48] He could have been dropped off by limousine, but his parents elected he take the school bus albeit with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) car following. at the age of 22 . The others are Ben Mulroney (son of Brian Mulroney), Catherine Clark (daughter of Joe Clark), and Trudeau's younger brother, Alexandre. [247] Trudeau also deployed the Canadian Forces in long-term care homes in Quebec and Ontario as part of Operation LASER. "[276] Trudeau subsequently indicated that there would be "robust police intervention" and called for all protesters to "go home. [140], Opinion polling conducted by several pollsters showed that if Trudeau were to become leader the Liberal Party would surge in support, from a distant third place to either being competitive with the Conservative Party or leading them. In 2013, Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party. [134][135], However, Trudeau did not enter the race and Ignatieff was named leader in December 2008. 0:53. [182] On November 5, 2015, during the first Liberal caucus meeting since forming a majority government, the party announced that it would reinstate the mandatory long-form census that had been scrapped in 2010, effective with the 2016 census. [8][9][10] Her family lived north of the city, in Sainte-Adle,[8] eventually relocating to Montreal when she was four years old. Political observers also found Pierre Trudeau noticeably more relaxed at events while Margaret came along. [279][280] A year later, on February 17, 2023, a judicial inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act concluded that the Trudeau government met the legal threshold required to invoke the act. In addition to taking all of Atlantic Canada and Toronto,[173] they won 40 seats in Quebecthe most that the Liberals had won in that province since Trudeau's father led them to a near-sweep of the province in 1980, and also the first time since then that the Liberals won a majority of Quebec's seats in an election. Trudeau and his wife jointly announce they have separated and that Mr Trudeau will have custody of their 3 sons; illus (M) . [42], On May 5, 2006, Trudeau announced she has bipolar disorder. [1] She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime minister. Which appears to be the way she wants it. Asked at the time if she thought her campaigning was helping Pierre Trudeau pick up votes, she replied, "I won't know until July 8th. [295][296] Trudeau's self-described progressive and feminist social policy has included strong advocacy for abortion rights. "I am very excited," said Trudeau, laughing seconds before he received his first dose. [24][25], On March 12, 2020, Grgoire isolated herself at Rideau Cottage, along with her husband and children, after she showed flu-like symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly after she returned from a speaking engagement in the United Kingdom. Mother, with husband Justin Trudeau, of son Xavier James Trudeau (b. October 18, 2007), daughter Ella-Grace Margaret Trudeau (b. February 5, 2009) and another son, Hadrien Grgoire Trudeau (b. February 28, 2014). As the wife of one prime minister and the mother of another Justin Trudeau Margaret Trudeau carved out a public role for herself after revealing her diagnosis with bipolar disorder. The Canada convoy protest, called the Freedom Convoy, was a protest in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for truckers to re-enter the country by land introduced by the Government of Canada on January 15, 2022. We went behind the scenes as Justin Trudeau, a Canadian prince, married his princess. [8] Grgoire and Trudeau reconnected as adults in June 2003, when they were assigned to co-host a charity ball, and began dating several months later. [8], Grgoire has stated that her "childhood was a happy one", noting that she was a good student who made friends easily and loved sports and the outdoors. At one time or another all three major parties held the lead in opinion polling, with the NDP on top early in a close three-way race that shifted into a duel between the Conservatives and the Liberals. Corrections? [252] Starting in December 2020, Justin Trudeau oversaw the implementation of Canada's mass-vaccination program. [26] On April 14, 1972, Trudeau's father and mother hosted a gala at the National Arts Centre, at which visiting U.S. president Richard Nixon said, "I'd like to toast the future prime minister of Canada, to Justin Pierre Trudeau" to which Pierre Trudeau responded that should his son ever assume the role, he hoped he would have "the grace and skill of the president". Before going into politics he . She separated from her husband in 1977. Bernard married Margaret Trudeau's 3rd great-grandmother, Esther Farquhar, in 1818, the eldest daughter of Scotsman William Farquhar, a colonial leader in the founding of modern Singapore, by Farquhar's first wife, Antoinette "Nonio" Clement, daughter of a French father and an ethnic Malaccan mother.[9][10]. 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