Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath.
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Pierre Trudeau and Canada’s October Crisis Opinion Oct 31, 2016 by Pat Murphy Waterloo Region Record It was an iconic and defining moment in Pierre Trudeau's political career.
The October Crisis benefited Canada and affected Canada in several major ways. One example is that Quebec did not become its own independent country, and the Quebec Left wing parties lost a lot of support. A few other benefits and reasons why it affected Canada was that the Crisis was one of Canada's first real terrorist acts, it was also the first domestic use of the War Measures Act (which.
The October crisis was when the FLQ and Quebec Nationalists kidnapped British diplomat James Cross and Quebec provincial cabinet prime minister Pierre Laporte. Later on Prime Minister Tradaeu.
The October Crisis was no understood the same way we understand terrorism today. All of the discussions surrounding in at the time debate the FLQ as a revolutionary group, not a terrorist group, and the WMA was justified because of the threat of insurrection, not the threat of terrorism. Perhaps today the threat of terrorism seems like a justifiable reason for the WMA, but it clearly not then.
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa moved quickly over the next week to take control and, in the process, they turned the October Crisis into one of the most controversial and hotly debated events in Canadian history. On Monday, Oct. 12, the federal government posted soldiers outside the Ottawa homes of other potential targets, including cabinet ministers.
An Analysis of the Importance of Red River Rebellion, Conscription Dilemma of World War I and the FLQ October Crisis of 1970 in Quebec on French and English Relations.