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At the time, opinion polls in Quebec and the rest of Canada showed overwhelming support for the War Measures Act; [29] [30] in a December 1970 Gallup Poll, it was noted that 89% of English-speaking Canadians and 86% of French-speaking Canadians supported the introduction of the War Measures Act. They respectively showed 6% and 9% disapproval ...
Canada was notified by telegraphic despatch accordingly, effective 4 August 1914, [3] and that status remained in effect until 10 January 1920. [4] The War Measures Act, 1914, was subsequently adopted on 22 August 1914 to ratify all steps taken by Canada from the declaration of war, to continue until the war was over. Sections 2 to 6 of the ...
October 13 - Canada and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations. October 16 - October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat. Trudeau also addresses the nation in a televised speech explaining why he invoked the War Measures Act. [5]
Three days later, he invoked the War Measures Act, which led to police action against many Quebec dissidents and great public controversy. Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation is the title of a 1999 documentary by Catherine Annau.
Canada Council for the Arts Act, 1957; Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act, 1957; Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960; Narcotic Control Act, 1961; Canada Labour Code, 1967; Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69; Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, 1970; Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act, 1970; Weights and Measures Act, 1970
His release was negotiated and on 3 December 1970, five of the FLQ members were granted their request for safe passage to Cuba by the Government of Canada after approval by Fidel Castro. As a result of the invocation of the War Measures Act, civil liberties were suspended. By 29 December 1970, police had arrested 453 people with suspected ties ...
In October 1970, in response to the arrest of some of its members earlier in the year, the FLQ kidnapped James Cross and Pierre Laporte, later killing Laporte. Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, declaring martial law in Quebec, and by the end of the year the kidnappers had all been arrested.
The War Measures Act, which permitted civil rights to be suspended for up to six months, was proclaimed at 4:00 in the morning local time and additional military forces were transferred into Quebec. The Act had been implemented only twice before, in 1914 and 1939, during Canada's entry into World War I and World War II.