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Topic spans: 1970 - 1970
The October Crisis: Civil Liberties Suspended
In October 1970, tanks roamed city streets and soldiers in full battle gear raided homes in their hunt for "terrorists." They were looking for the Front de libération du Québec; French Canadian nationalists who abducted a British diplomat and a Quebec minister. Some felt like they were living in a police state. How far would Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau go? "Just watch me," he said. Three days later he invoked the War Measures Act and a nation waited with civil liberties suspended.
15 television clips
7 radio clips
Trudeau's War Measures Act speech
Broadcast Date: Oct. 16, 1970
The prime minister explains why he thinks emergency powers are necessary during the October Crisis.Trudeau's War Measures Act speech
Medium: Television
Program: CBC Television News
Broadcast Date: Oct. 16, 1970
Duration: 19:23
Last updated:
Jan. 26, 2009
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Radio
2:00
Oct. 10, 1970
Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the FLQ in the escalating October Crisis.
Television
7:32
Dec. 5, 1970
For the first time since the October Crisis kidnapping, James Cross describes eight horrific weeks of confinement by the FLQ.
Trudeau's War Measures Act speech.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 26, 2009.
[Page consulted on Feb. 16, 2012.]