October Crisis
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Kidnapping, Hostages, Prisoners
- Curriculum: Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Quebec
- Date: October 16, 1970
Article abstract: Responding to terrorism and kidnapping in Quebec, the Canadian federal government suspends civil liberties.
Summary of Event
The October Crisis of 1970 was a tragic period in Quebec’s history, marked by kidnapping, murder, and the suspension of civil liberties. It followed a decade of profound change and intellectual turbulence, not simply in the province of Quebec but throughout the world. Decolonization was in vogue, wars of liberation were being fought in several countries, and youth were questioning the values of their parents and...
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