Pierre Elliot Trudeau and an Independence policy
*Openly criticized the US for bombing Vietnam and remained out of the conflict
*1970 he formally recognized communist China ( formerly recognized taiwan)
*Little Taiwan had their own VETO power
*that later changed so that china got it because it was bigger
*Wanted Canada to become a 'Middle power' by building links between east and west
*Followed trade and aid policy trying to bridge the north-south gap between rich and poor countries
*he created CIDA
*CIDA- Canadian International Development Agency
*1970 he formally recognized communist China ( formerly recognized taiwan)
*Little Taiwan had their own VETO power
*that later changed so that china got it because it was bigger
*Wanted Canada to become a 'Middle power' by building links between east and west
*Followed trade and aid policy trying to bridge the north-south gap between rich and poor countries
*he created CIDA
*CIDA- Canadian International Development Agency
Summary
Another canadian who stood up to the states and voiced their voice on the vietnamese war and how they did not agree with it. He would also help create an agency that we still use today the CIDA.