The president gets to live and work in the White House. The prime minister only works on Parliament Hill, but they get to live in a big house at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa. The United States have yet to elect their very first woman as president, but here in Canada, we had our first female prime minister way back in the nineties when she took over for Brian Mulroney who was retiring from politics.
Prime ministers and presidents may be able to be elected young, but the youngest ones are still as old as your parents! Prime ministers can only be on paper money, not on coins. He did a lot of great things during his time as PM including a bill for the right of women to vote.
Presidents can be on paper money and coins but you will find other important people on there as well such as Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the U. This seems like a pretty good reason to be on the bill, but he also invented many things including lightning rods and bifocal glasses. Two years later this snap election could provide him with the mandate he seeks - or be his downfall.
When Justin Trudeau was just four months old, then-US President Richard Nixon predicted the infant would one day follow in his father's footsteps. At a gala dinner during a state visit to Ottawa in , Mr Nixon addressed his Canadian counterpart: "Tonight we'll dispense with the formalities.
I'd like to toast the future prime minister of Canada: to Justin Pierre Trudeau. According to CBC, the elder Trudeau responded that should his son ever lead the country, "I hope he has the grace and skill of the president. While Mr Nixon's political career, of course, ended in disgrace, Mr Trudeau went on to dominate Canadian politics until the mids, provoking passionate and polarising opinions.
His first election in inspired a frenzied fandom among young voters that became known as "Trudeaumania". And his administration included many historic accomplishments like making both French and English the official languages of the federal government.
Justin lived much of his childhood in the public eye. The family's security detail gave him the codename "Maple 3". But as he grew up he shied away from politics. He became a teacher. In , his youngest brother Michel was killed in an avalanche in British Columbia. That tragedy forced him into the public spotlight and he became a spokesman for avalanche safety. When his father died two years later at the age 80, Mr Trudeau delivered the eulogy at the nationally televised funeral.
His speech was widely praised and led many to ponder his potential for public office for the first time. He married his wife Sophie Gregoire, a Quebecois television and radio reporter, in They have three children. Mr Trudeau became more politically active following his father's death.
He won the Liberal nomination in the Papineau riding in and became MP in This month, the exercise also serves to review the level of animosity in some parts of the country towards the current head of government, who looks all but certain to seek a new mandate in an early election. Our survey asks Canadians to select the best and worst prime ministers the country has had since The last few weeks have brought increased attention to the federal governments of the past, particularly as Canadians assess the legacy of residential schools that so few learned about in school.
Compared to last year , there are some slight fluctuations. Middle-aged Canadians are fonder of the last Conservative prime minister. When the same names are placed in front of Canadians on a question to gauge who the worst prime minister is, the current and previous heads of government are still polarizing.
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