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Focuses on economic and political conditions of Canada as of February 8, 1977. Impact of the economic recession of the country on the government of Prime Minister Elliott Trudeau; Overview of problems related to unemployment in the country; Assessment of the impact of the victory of Parti Québécois in the provincial elections on Trudeau.

Discusses the political career of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Rejection of Trudeau's economic policies; Suggestion that Trudeau did not unify Quebec and the rest of Canada as much as is claimed; Change in Canada's social order with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Overall negative view of Trudeau's tenure as Prime Minister. INSETS: The final insult;Mr. Trudeau will fight another election.

Presents a photo-essay of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Quotations by Trudeau concerning Canada, Canadians, his tenure as prime minister; Others.

Profiles former Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau. Biographical and career information; Canadians' reaction to news of his death; The disparity between his personal and public personas; His contempt for Quebec's nationalist movement. INSET: A Scholar and a Fool, by Sarah Scott.

Compares the political and academic careers of Canadians Pierre Trudeau and Charles Taylor. How they both ran for the same public office in 1965 while faculty members of the University de Montreal; How their views compares; Trudeau's political success contrasted with the academic success of Taylor; Nationalism in Quebec and the influence both men have had on the development of Canada as a nation.

Comments on the publication of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's `Memoirs,' his own account of his life in and out of politics. Timing of the publication; Trudeau's judgment on his leading contemporaries generous and quirky; Revealing portrait of a bicultural family in Montreal; The 1970 October Crisis; Excerpts from the book.

Discusses how former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dealt with the domestic economy during his tenure as prime minister. Views that the economy was not his first priority; Efforts made by Trudeau to stabilize the economy; Reasons why he failed.

The article reports on the determination of Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to win a critical mandate on the polls in Canada. It states that Trudeau has been battling for his political life after experiencing a near-defeat in the 1972 election. It is said that Trudeau in his campaigns, have made some points with his audience by trying out a calmer approach and his success is regarded as dependent to the sympathetic impact of his wife Margaret. However, Trudeau has been getting a good chance in the election and results on the latest Gallup poll gives Trudeau the edge in winning.

The article discusses author Philip d'Auvergne Collings' article "My Life in Politics" which appears in a 1993 issue of the periodical and addresses the popular culture phenomenon known as "Trudeamania" in Canada in the aftermath of politician Pierre Elliott Trudeau's federal election victory in 1968 to become Canada's Prime Minister. Various forms of clothing such as headgear, dresses, and slacks are addressed in relation to young campaigners in 1968. A 1994 interview with Trudeau is examined.

States that the administration of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may have lied to invoke the War Measures Act. Perceived threat of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), which led to the October Crisis of 1970 and declaration of martial law; Kidnap and murder of Quebec labor minister Pierre LaPorte by the FLQ; How declassified British documents suggest that Mitchell Sharpe, current ethics counselor to prime minister Jean Chretien, found no evidence of an extensive FLQ conspiracy.

Discusses the state of the Canadian political parties in the wake of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's death. Attempts made by Prime Minister Jean Chretien to capitalize on Trudeau's popularity; Details of the after-effects of Trudeau's domestic policy; Possibility of the Liberal Party being pushed into a minority after the next election.

Focuses on former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Comparison to Canadian Prime Minster Jean Chretien; Reasons which the author believes that Trudeau is a hero; Assertion that his death will expand his stature; Career highlights.

Profiles former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, focusing on his career in politics. Career highlights, including the decriminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults; How he changed Canadian politics; Belief that his weakest areas of governing were the domestic economy and foreign policy.

Recalls the relationship of the author, a reporter, with former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. First meeting in 1968; Trudeau's contempt for the press; Anecdote about Trudeau as a cheapskate.

Reports on the celebration of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's 80th birthday on October 18, 1999. Guests at the dinner; Absence of women; Celebration of the era under Trudeau's rule as well as of Trudeau himself. INSETS: Best-sellers.;Communicating in a void..

Presents the author's thoughts on three of Canada's prime ministers and what they have offered on an international basis. Brian Mulroney's Meech Lake constitutional agreement of 1987 which laid the groundwork for a free trade agreement with the United States; Pierre Trudeau's Official Languages Act which established that French and English would be treated as equal on the federal level; How Jean Chretien has worked to renovate the government of Canada as he enters his sixth year as prime minister in 1999.

Presents opinions about Canada's Prime Minister, Jean Chretien. His failure to establish any meaningful legacy in his five years as prime minister; His career in politics; How Canadian politics have become predictable; Comparison to Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney; The impact of globalization on Canada's future.

Focuses on former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's best-selling book, `Memoirs.' October Crisis of 1970 that leaves some serious questions unanswered; Details of the events involving the kidnappings of Pierre Laporte, a senior minister in the Quebec government and British trade commissioner James Cross; Trudeau's negotiations with terrorists; More.