HIS 106 Study Guide - Front De Libération Du Québec, Pierre Laporte, War Measures Act
Document Summary
Front de liberation du quebec, a radical group of quebec separatists. October 5, 1970 a small flq cell kidnapped james cross, the british trade commissioner. They demanded the release of 23 people imprisoned for terrorist activities. Pierre laporte, quebec labour minister was also abducted when authorities didn"t meet their demands. October 16, war measures act was invoked by trudeau, arrests were made without warrants etc. Oct 17, dead body of pierre laporte found in a car. James cross found in a montreal apartment and kidnappers on december 28. Leadership of the provincial ccf (co-operativse commonwealth federation) and introduced medicare in 1947. South africa had a policy of apartheid that legally made black south africans second-class citizens. 1991, apartheid abolished and nelson mandela becomes south africa"s first black president. Apartheid: legislated separation of black & white majority population. Canada was a middle power a state with limited military power, but some international political influence.
