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When [[Death of Pierre Trudeau|Pierre Trudeau passed away]] in [[2000]], both Alexandre Trudeau and his older brother [[Justin Trudeau|Justin]] returned to the public eye. Since then, he and his brother had gained quite a friendship with [[Jean Chrétien]] and his wife, [[Aline Chretien|Aline]]. Although Alexandre was visibly more reserved and quiet than his brother, his heightened public profile brought new attention to his work as a journalist. In the next few years, he produced documentaries for Canadian television. In [[2003]], he was one of the highest-profile Canadian journalists covering the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], producing a 60-minute documentary film for [[CTV]], "Embedded in Iraq."
In [[2004]], when former [[President of United States|U.S. president]] [[Ronald Reagan]] passed away, he understood the timing of it--the eve of the 60th anniversary of [[D-Day]]. He and Justin came back together as they were both part of [[CBC]]'s coverage of the anniversary, helping the network's chief correspondent, [[Peter Mansbridge]], in the commentary, along with the noted Canadian historian, [[Jack Granatstein]], telling him that Reagan was in Normandy for the 40th anniversary, as they both recalled their father's experiences from being there when prime minister then. During CBC's coverage, it was the Trudeau sons who first said that Reagan should be honored with a [[state funeral]]. When Mansbridge brought up the planned funeral arrangements, they said that they hoped that [[Nancy Reagan]] (the former president's wife) and her family agree to the [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|public honors for her husband]] because so many other Americans and people around the world wanted to join in. They also noted how they [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau|honored their father after he passed away]]. They would later be right--Reagan would have the first state funeral since [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in [[1973]], a president whom Pierre Trudeau paid tribute to when prime minister. Because of that, Canadian tributes had quite a meaning, because once again, a Martin and a Trudeau were paying tribute to an American president, because the prime minister's father, [[Paul Martin Sr.]], led the Canadian tributes to LBJ when [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)|Senate government leader]], having served as [[Secretary of State for External Affairs
Trudeau is also a director of [[Canada World Youth]], and of the [http://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/ Trudeau Foundation] for excellence in social sciences and humanities research and innovation.
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