The buzz of the entertainment world has always intrigued me. [329], On March 12, 2020, the Trudeau family self-isolated at Rideau Cottage after Sophie began exhibiting flu-like symptoms and later tested positive for COVID-19. Liberal candidate Harvey Locke said he lost the by-election on his own and that comments made by Trudeau did not influence the outcome. [121][122], He encouraged an increase of Canada's relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and sought more accessible immigration procedures for Haitians moving to Canada in the time of crisis. Justin Pierre James Trudeau PC MP (/trudo, trudo/ (listen) TROO-doh, troo-DOH, French:[yst pj dms tydo]; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada since 2015 and leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. [325] They have three children: a boy, Xavier, born in 2007, a girl, Ella-Grace, born in 2009, and a boy, Hadrien, born in 2014. From the very start of the 2015 federal election campaign in early August, Harper sought to portray Trudeau as not ready to lead the country. [302] In 2021, Trudeau announced the creation of a national child care plan with the intention of reducing day care fees for parents down to $10 a day per child within five years. Asked to speak to the . "[276] Trudeau subsequently indicated that there would be "robust police intervention" and called for all protesters to "go home. Justin Trudeaus Christmas-night birth to Canadas first couple was the opening act in a life lived largely in the public eye. Another great-grandmother, Cornelia Louisa Intveld, married in 1822 to Royal Navy officer and merchant, William Purvis, from Dalgety Bay, Scotland, and a first cousin of American abolitionist Robert Purvis; a noted fine soprano and a beauty of her era. Xavier, Trudeau's seven-year-old son, is slashing the air with a samurai sword . Justin Trudeau would have been a teenager at the time. . Wilson-Raybould testified that she was pressured by the prime minister and senior members of his government to avoid a trial and negotiate a settlement with SNC Lavalin. [250] However, due to deteriorating Canadian-Chinese relations, the Cansino deal fell through. Being married to the Prime Minister means constantly being in the spotlight, even when during everyday things like taking your kids to school. [117] He later co-chaired the Liberal Party's April 2009 national convention in Vancouver, and in October of the same year he was appointed as the party's critic for multiculturalism and youth. The 2021 Canadian federal budget planned to phase them out by the end of September 2021, and projected a $354.2-billion deficit in the 2020-21 fiscal year. [195][196][197][198], During his time as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has been the target of multiple death threats and assassination plots. [34][43] In May 2019, she presented the one-woman-show Certain Woman of an Age in Chicago as part of the city's Wellness Week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, . and what an adventure it has been. 10. 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. Trudeau appeared on the Quebec talk show La semaine des 4 Julie on September 16 and opened up about his relationship with his wife, specifically the beginning of their romance. "[224] He further went on to say "It was something that I didn't think was racist at the time, but now I recognize it was something racist to do". [15][bettersourceneeded]. The Trudeaus were expected to move into Stornoway, the residence of the leader of the Official Opposition, but because of flooding in the basement, Prime Minister Joe Clark offered them Harrington Lake, the prime minister's official country retreat in Gatineau Park, with the expectation they would move into Stornoway at the start of July. [150][151][152], On October 2, 2012, Trudeau held a rally in Montreal to launch his bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Jeff Wallenfeldt, manager of Geography and History, has worked as an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica since 1992. [36] Speaking in 2010 about her marriage to Trudeau, she said: "Just because our marriage ended didn't mean the love stopped. The Liberal leader Trudeau traversed a slippery slope in May 2015 during the debate and voting on Bill C-51, which was aimed at strengthening existing antiterrorism legislation and expanding the surveillance powers of Canadian security forces in the wake of the separate terrorist attacks in October 2014, in which soldiers were attacked in a Quebec parking lot and at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Although she had a happy childhood, in her late teens she suffered from bulimia, a condition she battled until her early 20s. She is married to the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. Trudeau found himself in hot water after former Justice Minister and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned in February 2019 over claims of government interference in an important case. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime minister.They divorced in 1984, during his final months in office. Trudeau's government, along with the "last Harper government had the highest rates of follow-through on their campaign promises of any Canadian government over the last 35 years," according to the assessment. Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with his ex-wife, Margaret Kemper, and their sons Justin Trudeau, right, and Sacha Trudeau, left, exit St. Viateur Church in Montreal after a memorial . [139] When interim leader Bob Rae, who was also seen as a frontrunner, announced he would not be entering the race in June 2012, Trudeau was hit with a "tsunami" of calls from supporters to reconsider his earlier decision to not seek the leadership. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand. Papa, mari, chef du @liberalca, 23e premier ministre du Canada. . [97][98][99], Trudeau supported the Liberal Party from a young age, offering his support to party leader John Turner in the 1988 federal election. He said that Canada's debt to GDP ratios have come down in recent years and now it's time for Ottawa to "step up". [290] He also announced that he would be appointing a special rapporteur to "make expert recommendations on protecting and enhancing Canadians faith in our democracy". In 2021, she has been supporting Trudeau on his political journey and sharing snippets of the campaign trail on her social media. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}The Candidates in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race, 6 Key Players in Donald Trumps Indictment, The Story of President Ulysses S. Grants Arrest, Dianne Feinstein: 10 Issues She Has Worked On, What We Know About Mitch McConnells Fall, These 10 Jimmy Carter Quotes Will Inspire You, 4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Laurent. Not only had Trudeau led the party to a win and back to relevance, but he had also secured a 184-seat majority in the process, as the Liberals took 39.5 percent of the total vote against about 32 percent for the Conservatives and about 20 percent for the NDP. It is extremely unlikely that Justin's birth fell outside of that gestational range, meaning that Castro and Margaret Trudeau would have to have conceived their secret love-child between March . The others are Ben Mulroney (son of Brian Mulroney), Catherine Clark (daughter of Joe Clark), and Trudeau's younger brother, Alexandre. Along with Olympian Charmaine Crooks, he co-hosted a tribute to outgoing prime minister Jean Chrtien at the party's 2003 leadership convention, and was appointed to chair a task force on youth renewal after the party's defeat in the 2006 federal election. The Trump administration forced the renegotiation of NAFTA to create the CUSMA, in which Canada made significant concessions in allowing increased imports of American milk, weakening Canada's dairy supply management system. Now 19, Trudeau's daughter has led a private life. Justin would go on to pursue a degree in education at the University of British Columbia. [290], Faced with questions from reporters on March 8, Trudeau said "I know that no matter what I say, Canadians continue to have questions about what [the government] did and what we didn't". [11] Trudeau's maternal great-grandfather Thomas Bernard was born in Makassar, Indonesia[12] and immigrated to Penticton, British Columbia, in 1906 at age 15 with his family. [212], Trudeau was the subject of an investigation by the ethics commissioner, pursuant to the Conflict of Interest Act, in regards to criminal charges against SNC-Lavalin in the SNC-Lavalin affair. By Lianne George June 6, 2005. [327] They began living in a rented home in Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park, the neighbourhood near where Trudeau resided as a child during his father's time as prime minister. [5], The Bernards were the descendants of colonists in the Straits Settlements, the Dutch East Indies, and British Malaya, nowadays respectively Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, including Francis James Bernard, a London, England-born Anglo-Irishman whose great-grandfather, Arthur Bernard, was a member of the Irish House of Commons for Bandonbridge, and brother of Francis Bernard, Solicitor-General for Ireland, and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon. [222] On September 18, 2019, Time magazine published a photograph of Trudeau wearing brownface makeup in the spring of 2001, at an Arabian Nights-themed gala, while Trudeau was a teacher at West Point Grey Academy. Updates? However, the Liberals came in second in the national popular vote, behind the Conservatives. In 2000, at age 28, he delivered an eloquent, moving eulogy at his fathers funeral that thrust him again into the national spotlight. Nixon said, according to BBC news, "I'd like to toast to the future prime minister of Canada: To Justin Pierre Trudeau.". [19], As part of her work with WaterCan, Grgoire travelled to Ethiopia in October 2006 with her mother-in-law, Margaret Trudeau, who is the honorary president of the organization. [187] In 2017, Trudeau introduced legislation that would eliminate such exclusive events by requiring increased transparency for political fundraisers. [281], In late 2022, various media outlets around the world reported on a suspected attempt by the People's Republic of China to infiltrate the Parliament of Canada by funding a network of candidates to run in the countrys 2019 federal election. Rae appointed Trudeau as the party's critic for post-secondary education, youth and amateur sport. [172], On October 19, 2015, after the longest official campaign in over a century, Trudeau led the Liberals to a decisive victory in the federal election. Willa McLean, "This just in ; CBC broadcaster revisits momentous events of past 50 years". [76][77][78] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) received numerous calls to rebroadcast the speech after its initial transmission, and leading Quebec politician Claude Ryan described it as "perhaps the first manifestation of a dynasty". Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced the arrival of his third child on Friday morning. The editorial stated Trudeau provided a "day-late" apology to the reporter, saying, "If I had known you were reporting for a national paper, I never would have been so forward". She is the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada, of the journalist and author . I'm really sorry. ET announcing the birth of his son. [64] The Trudeau brothers were also given a country estate of about 50 hectares in the Laurentians with a home designed by the esteemed Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, and the Cormier House in Montreal. But there was 30 years between them, and my mom never was an equal partner in what encompassed my father's life, his duty, his country. [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. 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