What the records say
- When
- 16 Oct 1970
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 52.00° N, 72.00° W
- Description
- October Crisis: The Canadian government declares a state of emergency and outlaws the Quebec Liberation Front.
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Summary
October Crisis: The Canadian government declares a state of emergency and outlaws the Quebec Liberation Front
October Crisis
1970 series of events in Quebec, Canada
The October Crisis was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. These events saw Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history during peacetime.
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