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Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919-2000

 

Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919-2000

 


 

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born, and died, in Montreal, Canada.

He was Canada's prime minister from 1968 to 1979, and again from 1980 to 1984.

 

TRUDEAU AND THE OCTOBER CRISIS

On October 5, 1970, members of the FLQ, which stands for Front de Libération du Québec, had abducted James (Jasper) Cross, a British diplomat. On October 10, 1970, the FLQ also kidnapped Pierre Laporte, a Canadian politician.

 

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau was ready to declare martial law. He did this by using the Canadian War Measures Act from 1914, which confers emergency powers to the federal powers in the event of a serious crisis.

Only twice had the War Measures Act been exercised, when during World War One as well as World War Two Canadians of German, Ukrainian, and Slavic decent, and Japanese Canadians were imprisoned and their property confiscated.

Back to 1970.

Here is Trudeau's speech on The War Measures Act, which was nationally broadcast on October 16, 1970. As Trudeau explains in his speech,

"The War Measures Act gives sweeping powers to the government. It also suspends the operation of the Canadian Bill of Rights."

 

Laporte was killed on October 17, 1970.

Cross was released on December 3, 1970.

 

And here is the Timeline of the October Crisis, provided by the Marianopolis College.

 

 

 

 

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