Premiership of Justin Trudeau made by the body of Alan Kurdi on a beach of Turkey in September 2015, made a significant turnover during the 2015 campaign. Then candidate Trudeau made a plea that under his premiership, Canada would accept 25,000 refugees in Canada. Only one month after taking office, the first plane of refugees was landing at Pearson airport in Toronto. Prime minister Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne were there to welcome arriving refugees. Trudeau has also advocated and supported open border immigration that starkly contrasts President Trump, publicly announcing “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless
Electoral history of Pierre Trudeau serving two terms totalling fifteen years and 164 days. Trudeau was the fourth of four prime ministers to serve non-consecutive terms, the others being Sir John A. Macdonald, Arthur Meighen and William Lyon Mackenzie King. Trudeau was the fourth of eight prime ministers from Quebec, the others being Sir John Abbott, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Louis St. Laurent, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau. He was also the third of five francophone prime ministers, the others being Laurier, St. Laurent, Chrétien, and Justin Trudeau. Before entering politics, Trudeau was a federal public servant, an academic at the Université