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Trudeau
[troo-doh]
noun
Pierre Elliott 1919–2000, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1968–79 and 1980–84.
Trudeau
/ truːˈdəʊ /
noun
Pierre Elliott . 1919–2000, Canadian statesman; Liberal prime minister (1968–79; 1980–84)
Example Sentences
Steven Guilbeault, a member of Carney's cabinet, who was also Trudeau's environment minister, agreed.
Steven Guilbeault, who served as Canada’s culture minister under Carney and as the environment minister under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said he submitted a resignation letter “with great sadness” following the government’s deal with Alberta.
Daniel Béland, a politics professor at Montréal’s McGill University, said Guilbeault’s resignation doesn’t represent a shock because the minister remains closely associated with the Trudeau administration and its emphasis on climate-change policy.
He has continued to break from Trudeau, who was in power for nearly a decade, pushing back the electric-vehicle sales mandate and cancelling a proposed increase on Canada's capital gains tax.
These initiatives would replace an oil and gas emissions cap introduced by Carney's predecessor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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