Alexandre Trudeau

Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian journalist, and the son of former Prime Minister, the late Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau.

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December 25 - 1973 - Canadian - Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau - Margaret Trudeau

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The second of three children born to Pierre and Margaret Trudeau during Pierre's term in office, Sacha Trudeau was a media sensation, just like his brothers, when he was born. However, Pierre and Margaret tried as much as possible to protect their children from the public eye, and after Pierre retired as Prime Minister in 1984, he raised them in relative privacy in Montreal.

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1984 - Montreal

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When Pierre Trudeau died in 2000, both Alexandre Trudeau and his older brother Justin returned to the public eye. Since then, he and his brother have gained quite a friendship with Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline. Although Alexandre was visibly more reserved and quiet than his brother, his heightened public profile brought new attention to his work as a journalist. In the next few years, he produced documentaries for Canadian television. In 2003, he was one of the highest-profile Canadian journalists covering the 2003 invasion of Iraq, producing a 60-minute documentary film for CTV, Embedded in Iraq.

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Pierre Trudeau died - 2000 - Justin - Jean Chrétien - Aline - 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq - CTV

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Trudeau is also a director of Canada World Youth, and of the Trudeau Foundation for excellence in social sciences and humanities research and innovation.

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In June 2005, Trudeau focussed attention on the implication for civil liberties in the Canadian government's use of security certificates to detain indefinitely, without trial, suspected terrorists based on secret evidence.Trudeau offered to be a surety for Hassan Almrei, a Syrian refugee held in a Canadian jail for four years without any charges being laidhttp://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1120168212380. Trudeau's appearance in court in support of Almrei resulted in front page coverage in the Toronto Star and National Post and major media attention being given to the security certificate issue for the first time.

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June - 2005 - Civil liberties - Security certificate - Surety - Hassan Almrei - Syria - Toronto Star - National Post

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He was one of several children of former Prime Ministers who became Canadian media personalities between 1998 and 2001. The others were his brother Justin, Ben Mulroney, and Catherine Clark.

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1998 - 2001 - Justin - Ben Mulroney - Catherine Clark

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