When asked last year about marriage, she replied, 'We're still both married, each of us with children we're trying to bring up. Margaret Trudeau has the distinction of being the only Canadian woman to have been the wife of a prime minister and mother of another prime minister. From the photos is seems obvious she was attracted to him. Similarly, AP News and affiliates write headlines such as No, Fidel Castro is not Canada PM Trudeaus father, yet their articles simply recount the improbability of the Diaz-Balart suicide note. The first couple made a big impression at a local sugaring event, for example, on March 27, and the press (in a testament to the level of scrutiny the prime minister's new wife received) noted that Margaret did not travel with Pierre on an April trip to the Niagara region: For the remainder of April, Pierre was busy with governing, as attested to by logs of the Canadian House of Commons, making unlikely that his work would take the couple anywhere near Havana. " Pierre Trudeau's and Fidel Castro's paths crossed for the first time in 1970 ," the Globe reports, before explaining the Trudeaus had such a great time on the Caribbean island that " an enduring friendship was . As an 18-year-old vacationing in Tahiti with her family, Sinclair met Pierre Trudeau, who was then Minister of Justice. For example, in 2018, internet users spread a rumor that Fidel Castros recently deceased son Fidel Angel Castro Diaz-Balart (Fidelito) announced Justin Trudeau was his half-brother in his suicide note. 6 August 2013. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. It is a fact they adored Castro. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. There is a long history of The Trudeau family having ties to Fidel Castro dating back to the 1970's. Many have wondered why Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau made, what some consider, over the top remarks about the death of Castro taking into account Castro being a dictator who committed genocide against his own . He fathered 11 acknowledged children and rumors are he has multiple times that many bastards. In a 1979 interview she had discussed romantic involvements with actor Ryan O'Neal, singer Lou Rawls and a friendship with Sen. Edward Kennedy. Justin was born December 25, 1971, nine months after Pierre and Margarets honeymoon in British Columbia and long before the couple travelled to Cuba. This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Trudeau's family moved to a large house in Rockcliffe Park, Ontario, in 1952 after her father was appointed to the Cabinet, and she attended Rockcliffe Park Public School[14] although they returned to North Vancouver after he lost his re-election bid in 1958. I think it is about time.. Margaret Trudeau has so many stories. She smuggled drugs in the Prime Ministers official government luggage. 1976 Margaret Trudeau with both arms around Fidel Castro still wearing the dress in which they first officially met. Fidel Castro, for his part, was in Cuba during this conception window. They all come from left-leaning websites who sympathize with Trudeau. Mark Breslin. The Affair between the two Margaret Trudeau, mother of the Prime Minister of Canada and the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro were circulating on the Internet since 2016 after the death of Castro. Nobody knows if Pierre objected. Castro, Fidel. [1] She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971; three years after he became prime minister. Margaret Trudeau was a partier who unquestionably had sex with men while married to Pierre. Park, Madison. His sexual appetite was so legendary this article cannot efficiently capture it. According to a 2009 Globe and Mailarticleby Margaret Wente, actress Margot Kidder (Superman, Superman II), classical guitarist Liona Boyd, and actress Kim Cattrall all claimed to have slept with him at some time. No evidence Castro never travelled to see them in the Caribbean. 27 November 2016. It could not be less compelling. He evidently wanted a family because that is exactly what he started. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. "First Lady Wild Child: Margaret Trudeau." They kept their romance private, so Canadians were shocked after the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation led its morning radio broadcast[16] about Prime Minister Trudeau honeymooning at Alta Lake, British Columbia, at the foot of Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort[17][18] the day after a surprise wedding in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 4, 1971. Second, the Trudeaus adored Castro. As the report goes, Pierre Trudeau and his fianc Margaret Sinclair were both orgiastic "swingers" when they met in 1968. On his visit, Margaret welcomed the leader at his hotel on behalf of the Trudeaus. 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His uncited claim that Justin was born long before the couple travelled to Cuba is just a recitation of the official dates Trudeau visited in his official capacity as prime minister. Cohn, Andrew. The Trudeaus announced they had become besties with the dictator and sang his praises during the height of his human rights violations. They met when he was 48 and she was 18. 5 March 1971. They got married when he was 53 and she was 23. Justin Trudeau was born 8 1/2 months later. Why would Pierre Trudeau chose anyone else to be the biological father of his children? Margaret . First, Margaret Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, and Fidel Castro were all notoriously sexually promiscuous. Third, the timing is uncanny. New York, NY: Margaret Trudeau, wife of Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, does some fancy stepping at Studio 54, a New York City disco, during. Ignoring the biological impossibility of conceiving a child a literal year before that child was born, the user linked to an article by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, describing the first time the two leaders spoke to (not met) each other: Pierre Trudeaus and Fidel Castros paths crossed for the first time in 1970, when the Canadian government sought to negotiate the exile of members of the FLQ, who had kidnapped British trade commissioner James Cross. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau toured daycares, schools and hospitals with Castro during their visit to the island. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. And in so doing, many of those Americans happened to notice that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau really, really looks like late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. 26 November 2016. Last and most importantly, Margaret Trudeau is not known for keeping secrets. Later, she left her sons with her parents in North Vancouver while campaigning. Having recently become Prime Minister, it suited him to get married and demonstrate stability. Preface by TLB Staff. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. The remark was wildly mocked and dismissed in public during the campaign by members of the press gallery as well as by her husband's main political rivals Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader Robert Stanfield and New Democratic Party leader David Lewis. Pierre was an aging playboy who had fathered no known offspring despite being sexually promiscuous his whole adult life. No evidence they had not met Castro before. The New York Times. If you've been around people who are bipolar, you know it can be a wild ride. Anarticlewritten by Alex Kasprak for leftist fact-checking website Snopes.com declares the story false, but tries to mislead readers about its supporting points. No major news sources support that claim and researching it leads to a dead-end. Trudeau is an advocate for people with bipolar disorder, with which she has been diagnosed. 2023 Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. But then Justin Trudeau improbably grew up to look like this: Pierre Trudeau, who is 45 inches shorter than both Fidel Castro and Justin Trudeau, So what is all this talk about debunking the claim? Okay, but she was not in Canada. He was full of bravado, confidence, and masculinity and smoked cigars like a baller. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); How the Nuremberg code will be brought to bear upon American medical practitioners. They divorced in 1984, during his final months in office. In her earlier book, Beyond Reason, she wrote of her split with Trudeau after making headlines befriending the Rolling Stones. Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas day, 1971. She sneaked away from official functions to get high. That being said, the exaggerations and painful avoidance of the storys debunkers are far more suspicious. According to a 2009 Globe and Mail article by Margaret Wente, actress Margot Kidder (Superman, Superman II), classical guitarist Liona Boyd, and actress Kim Cattrall all claimed to have slept with him at some time. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. This is the part about which debunkers intentionally mislead readers. Margaret Trudeau was a partier who unquestionably had sex with men while married to Pierre. The announcement was greeted with joy by many Cubans who have struggled to support themselves and their families through deprivations their government says are a result of the economic blockade. Trudeau smuggled drugs in the prime minister's luggage, made scantily-clad appearances at Studio 54, and tore apart a quilt made by Canadian conceptual artist Joyce Wieland[24] on the wall in the prime-minister's official residence in Ottawa because it celebrated "reason over passion". Nobody knows if Pierre objected. He forcefully deposed a brutal dictator with a band of rag-tag rebels. Trudeau's statement, as well as his family's friendly history with Castro, led to speculation that a much harder truth lay behind his soft words. Trudeau graduated in 1969 from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Trudeau died on Thursday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. at his home in Montral with his surviving sons, Justin (who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada in 2015) and Sacha, and his former wife, Margaret at his side. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. From the photos is seems obvious she was attracted to him. It marked a turning point in Canadas relationship with Cuba, but Margaret Trudeau remembers the groundbreaking trip as one in which a dictator melted at the sight of her young baby. And when Castro died, Justin Trudeau was the only leader of the Western World to give him an overwhelmingly positive eulogy without addressing his misdeeds. 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CDC Admits It Has No Data to Support Recommending COVID-19 Booster Shots for 12- to 49-Year-Olds, FBI director says covid-19 most likely originated from lab incident. That being said, the exaggerations and painful avoidance of the storys debunkers are far more suspicious. He turned Cuba into the Western worlds first Marxist country. Browns so-called investigation altogether missed an obvious Wikipedia article showing the Trudeaus were in the Caribbean in Spring 1971, with citations to the actual reporters covering it. The Trudeaus introduced Castro to their children. Ted Kennedy, Piere Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau circa 1981 in New York. A local station master, in charge of signaling, has been arrested. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. Federal governments in Western civilizations do not deny urban legends. [45] In July 2019, she attended an opening ceremony of WE College in Narok County (Kenya) with former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell, Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and Craig Kielburger, a co-founder of WE Charity organization. Just got my PhD! "Fidel Castro fue un lder de toda una vida que sirvi a su . I can't in all truth do that,' she said, adding her consumption of drugs led her to become 'a manic depressive. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. "Bringing His Bride Home: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Wife." In April 1971, the Trudeaus took a long "second honeymoon" all around the Caribbean. From Wikipedia: Footnote 19 of the same Wikipedia article cites to a April 13, 1971 article from The Ottawa Journal. A self-confessed drug addict, Margaret smuggled drugs in her husband's luggage while traveling, and made scantily-clad appearances at Studio 54. They all took photographs together. 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