1970 – Barbra Streisand and Pierre Trudeau

Ottawa’s political world was shocked when the Canadian prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, brought the prominent Barbra Streisand to the National Arts Centre on a particular event. There was applause as the happy couple made their way into the auditorium; after that, the audience focused on them to watch with hope. Before that year, he first laid eyes on Barbara during an awards ceremony.

Though Pierre was still living with his mother when he turned 41 in October 1960, he had already gained more responsibilities and experiences than he could have imagined. His 20s had been spent at Harvard University as a researcher and finishing his degree at the London School of Economics, while Barbra at that time rose in the ’60s as she played the role of Miss Marmelstein in the 1962 musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale.