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Pierre Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada, 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984

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Brought home Canada's constitution with a Charter of Rights and Freedoms and made the country officially bilingual.

Pierre Trudeau sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, leaning state-led on economy and leaning tech-optimist on technology.

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Where Pierre Trudeau sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Pierre Trudeau

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Political views closest to Pierre Trudeau

Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%Liberal feminismPursues gender equality through law, education and equal access to jobs and politics…99%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…99%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…98%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: United Press International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.