Fifty years later, the events of the 1970 October Crisis, including the abductions of Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross and the federal government’s decision to suspend civil liberties by invoking the War Measures Act, remain a dark period in the country’s history, with repercussions still being felt today.
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