Today, we come to the end of the line for Part 1 of From John to Justin. Over the past 23 weeks, I have looked at every prime minister in Canadian history and today we finish with the current prime minister, Justin Trudeau. I will be returning next...
In 1659, the first of the Trudeau family would arrive in New France, beginning the line of the family that would produce two prime ministers. Etienne Trudeau arrived on Sept. 7 of that year, and by 1663 was a master-carpenter. He and his wife would...