Pierre Trudeau added a new home for the National Gallery, and the Canadian Museum of Civilisation.

ECONOMIST: Jean Chr��tien, historical monument

So, under Pierre Trudeau, the federal government introduced block grants, consolidating the federal contribution.

ECONOMIST: Ottawa against the provinces

But a catalogue of his domestic reforms, however important to Canadians, would do little to explain why Pierre Trudeau was seen as an exciting politician by the world at large.

ECONOMIST: Pierre Trudeau

What immediately came to mind was a similar drama surrounding the train trip of the body of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from lying in state in the Ottawa parliament building to the state funeral in his home-town, Montreal.

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Canada's current philosophical approach is a far cry from the 1969 attempt by Pierre Trudeau, another former prime minister, to assimilate the country's aboriginals by abolishing separate Indian status and, with it, any right to special treatment by the state.

ECONOMIST: Canada