October Crisis (5 Okt 1970 Jahr – 28 Dez 1970 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

-FLQ members kidnapped James Cross (British diplomat) and Pierre Laporte (provincial cabinet minister)

-release of FLQ members in jail, broadcast of FLQ manifesto (TV + radio), money, as well as other demands in exchange for hostages

-Laporte murdererd by kidnappers

-Canadian PM Trudeau invoked War Measures Act: civil liberties limited, police power extended, 497 arrested (62 later released without charges)

-Canadian Forces deployed throughout Quebec to support police

-Cross eventually released and kidnappers exiled to Cuba

-led to more support for non-violent methods to gain Quebec autonomy/independence, & for the Parti Québécois

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