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Who is Justin Trudeau?

Justin Trudeau

About Justin Trudeau

Who is Justin Trudeau?

Justin Pierre James Trudeau is Canada's 23rd Prime Minister. In September 2021, Trudeau led his party into a third term in office. 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.

 

Justin Trudeau's early life

Justin Pierre James Trudeau was born in Ottawa on December 25, 1971 to Margaret Sinclair and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who was, at the time, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
 
Predominantly, Justin Trudeau is of French Canadian and Scottish descent and has family roots in both Western and Eastern Canada. Justin Trudeau is married
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Ex-ally Jagmeet Singh moves no-confidence motion: What's next for Trudeau?

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has announced a no-confidence motion against Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, jeopardising his minority government

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2024 | 10:14 AM IST

Trudeau government faces collapse as NDP plans no-confidence motion

Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party, said in a public letter that he will put forward a motion of non-confidence in the government at the next parliamentary sitting

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Updated On : 21 Dec 2024 | 9:41 AM IST

Canada's PM Trudeau to shuffle his Cabinet today amid resignation calls

Trudeau is facing rising discontent over his leadership, and the abrupt departure of his finance minister on Monday could be something he can't recover from

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Updated On : 20 Dec 2024 | 7:06 AM IST

Could Canada become 51st US state? Donald Trump thinks it's a 'great idea'

Trump sparked a debate by claiming many Canadians would support becoming the 51st US state. In November, he reportedly joked about merging the countries during a dinner with Canadian Prime Minister

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Updated On : 19 Dec 2024 | 11:58 AM IST

Canada PM Trudeau reflecting on criticism amid leadership crisis, says ally

Freeland resigned on Monday amid a policy clash and released a letter savaging Trudeau's leadership, prompting one of the worst crises since he took office in 2015

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2024 | 9:49 AM IST

Canada deploys aerial task force to boost border security to appease Trump

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will operate the task force, made up of helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers

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Updated On : 18 Dec 2024 | 8:37 AM IST

Trudeau names LeBlanc as Canada's new finance minister with govt in chaos

LeBlanc was sworn in during a late afternoon ceremony in Ottawa. The 57-year-old has been serving as public safety minister

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2024 | 12:29 PM IST

Canada govt adrift after finance minister resigns, Trump tariffs loom

Freeland had headed a special cabinet committee on Canada-US relations and was working closely with the 10 provinces to ensure a united response

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2024 | 12:05 PM IST

Her behaviour was 'toxic': Trump after Trudeau 's deputy Freeland quits

In her resignation letter, Freeland had expressed that Canada faces a grave challenge from the incoming Trump administration

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2024 | 11:20 AM IST

Canada's finance minister resigns after policy clash with PM Trudeau

Domestic media reports said Freeland and Trudeau had clashed over a government proposal for temporary tax breaks and other spending measures

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Updated On : 16 Dec 2024 | 10:09 PM IST

Canadian ministers urge Trudeau for robust reply to Trump's tariff threats

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was at the meeting, says some premiers are in favour of robust response to threatened US tariffs

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Updated On : 13 Dec 2024 | 6:58 AM IST

Musk calls Trudeau 'insufferable tool' after speech on women's rights

Elon Musk called Canadian PM Justin Trudeau an 'insufferable tool' after Trudeau addressed setbacks to women's progress

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2024 | 5:58 PM IST

Canadian premiers urge strong response to Trump tariff threat: Minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other government ministers met with provincial premiers to discuss Trump's pledge to impose steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2024 | 8:24 AM IST

TikTok challenges Canadian govt order to shut down operations in country

The company said Tuesday that it filed an application for a judicial review with the Federal Court in Vancouver on December 5, which seeks to set aside the order for TikTok to wind-up business

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Updated On : 11 Dec 2024 | 6:29 PM IST

'Governor of great state of Canada': Trump mocks Trudeau amid tariff threat

US President-elect Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him the 'governor of the great state of Canada' amid rising tensions over proposed tariffs and trade disputes

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Updated On : 10 Dec 2024 | 2:28 PM IST

Americans realise Trump's tariffs on Canada will make life costly: Trudeau

Trudeau also said dealing with Trump will be a little more challenging than the last time because Trump's team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away

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Updated On : 10 Dec 2024 | 8:53 AM IST

Fall of Assad's dictatorship ends decades of brutal oppression: Trudeau

Trudeau also emphasised Canada's commitment to closely monitoring the country's transition

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Updated On : 09 Dec 2024 | 7:07 AM IST

Canada as US' 51st state? Trump's 'joke' with Trudeau stirs controversy

US President-elect Donald Trump proposes a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2024 | 4:15 PM IST

Trump's bizarre offer to Trudeau at meet on tariffs: Here's what happened

Justin Trudeau met US President-elect Donald Trump for dinner to discuss the Republican leader's proposed tariffs on Canada. Here's what reportedly happened at the meeting.

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2024 | 12:35 PM IST

Trudeau told Trump US would also suffer if tariffs imposed: Canada's min

Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the US should Trump follow through on the threat

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2024 | 7:01 AM IST