Pierre Elliott Trudeau: His Life and Political Career

Trudeau was also losing power in government. In 1974, his government was reduced to a minority, and in 1979, Trudeau was defeated in an election. Even he thought that that would be the end of his job at the head of the country, and announced he would be leaving public life. But just six months later, Joe Clark's government suffered a surprise defeat, and Trudeau bounced back into the Prime Minister's office.
Trudeau set out to do what he had not done in his first time in power: create a Constitution, which would make Canada no longer a British colony. …