The question still remains unanswered as to "who burned the Reichstag? Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch drifter, perhaps not mentally stable, was tried, found guilty, and beheaded. Hitler blamed it on a communist plot, but many historians believe that it was a set up by his henchman as part of the plot to seize supreme power. In any case it gave him a very convenient excuse.
Trudeau was arrogant as hell but he was as democratic as most recent PM's and perhaps more so than most!