“I'm not leaving! I must stay.”

— Pierre Trudeau

On the reviewing stand of a St. Jean Baptiste Day parade in Montreal, after being subjected to objects being thrown by demonstrators. (24 June 1968)[citation needed]

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15th Prime Minister of Canada 1919–2000

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