By 4 a.m. the next day Prime Minister Trudeau had made a broadcast announcing the imposition of the War Measures Act which is a Canadian statute allowing the government to assume emergency powers. This has been the only time ever in Canadian history that the War Measures Act had ever been invoked outside of a World War...
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This has been the only time ever in Canadian history that the War Measures Act had ever been invoked outside of a World War. Trudeau had seen this as the only way to legally arrest everyone that was of concern to the Quebec government. Following the announcement of the War Measures Act the FLQ had executed Pierre Laporte on October 17th, referring to him as the Minister of unemployment and assimilation in Quebec in a communique to police...
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