[1] The term was later used as a rhetorical device by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to encapsulate his vision for the nation.

[5] He first used the term in the 1968 Liberal Party leadership contest, at the height of "Trudeaumania", and it eventually became identified as one of his trademark phrases.

The Just Society will be one in which our Indian and Inuit population will be encouraged to assume the full rights of citizenship through policies which will give them both greater responsibility for their own future and more meaningful equality of opportunity.

... On the never-ending road to perfect justice we will, in other words, succeed in creating the most humane and compassionate society possible.

[9] Notable other users of the phrase have included Irish Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave of the Fine Gael party.