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group devoted to their ideology, such as pragmatism. Trudeau is what Harding calls a pragmatist. He seeks to control and maintain political order in Canada through whatever means necessary. His input is flexible; his output is stiff. In effect, in proclaiming the war measures act, the Liberal government became more extremist and less democratic, threatening the rule of law (where the "law rules", and no one is above the law). A civilised nation does not need to lower themselves to the level of few rookie terrorists (R of E 37). In essence, they are acting like the terrorists, and not like elected politicians. By invoking the war measures act, Trudeau deceivingly went against the principles of his party, and his own. During his term as Prime Minister, Trudeau stressed the equality and liberty of all individuals. But six years earlier, he also emphasised that "freedom is often less efficacious than authority as the basis of short-term organisation." James Littleton asks, how this can be true; considering that Trudeau is an avid supporter of human freedom (Some Implications of Terror 7)? Furthermore, Trudeau justified the use of the War Measures Act by explaining that one must think about the families of kidnapped politicians James Cross and Pierre Laporte. However, Harding explains that this reasoning is fruitless. Trudeau appeals for humanism while invoking an act that takes away basic human freedoms. If Trudeau expects the Canadian public to have feelings for the victims of the F.L.Q., then he cannot be bigoted towards the F.L.Q. To believe in humanism, one must be universal to all races, sexes and cultures.
Approximate Word count = 1042
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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