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Pierre Elliott Trudeau: The man behind the myth -1 “I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups within a single state.” -- Trudeau, September 30, 1965 __________________________________________________________________ Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 in Montreal, Quebec. He was a very highly educated man. He attended Jean-de-Brebeuf College, B.A., in 1940, University of Montreal, LL.L, 1943, Harvard University, M.A. in Political Economy, 1954; and did his post graduate studies at Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris France, 1947-1947 and the London School of Economics, 1947-1948. During his schooling at the University of Montreal, Pierre Trudeau was required to join the Canadian Officers Training Corps. He, like many of his fellow Quebecois, opposed the recruitment. Pierre Trudeau picked up a reputation as a radical and a socialist, although the values he had were much closer to those of a liberal and a democrat by trying to get people involved in their government and having women in places of power. The Quiet Revolution of the 1960’s in Quebec fulfilled some of his hopes for change. Due to his beliefs, this caused problems with former