In
Canada, today is the 30th anniversary of The
FLQ October Crisis, 30 years after
Pierre Elliott Trudeau invoked the
War Measures Act.
Invoking this act permitted suspension of basic civil liberties. Many subversives were rounded up. This act would prove to be deeply controversial, and still divides
english and
french Canadians.
Trudeau's reasons for invoking the
War Measures Act may be found here:
Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Speech of October 16, 1970