Pierre Elliott Trudeau welcomes Cambodian refugees in 1980
CBC News | Posted: December 9, 2015 11:00 AM | Last Updated: December 9, 2015
Family had recently moved to Canada as refugees from Cambodia
In December 1980 a Cambodian family gathered in Ottawa to shake hands with the most powerful man in the country at the time: then prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
They had just arrived in the country after living in a refugee camp.
The two brothers, their wives and children came to live in Ontario with the help of Canadian families who sponsored them.
Watch the 1980 CBC report in the video player above.