Archive: Mary Simon spars with Pierre Trudeau in 1984

March, 1984: Mary Simon is challenged on an equality clause in Section 35 of the Constitution Act by then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

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2 comments

  1. How much we didn’t know… I was just a teenager but, I know now we were duped as Canadians… I hold the successors of P. E. Trudeau accountable… Yep, that’s you, Justin… Neither one of you deserve the title of Prime Minister of Canada… *Signed: an ashamed Canadian :o(

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