The 1970 murder of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte led then to the suspension of civil liberties in Canada, allowing the federal government to hunt domestic terrorists. Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers.
Terrorism isn't generally something Canadians think of as happening at home. It's usually somewhere else, something we see on TV.
When asked in an interview how far Trudeau would go to combat domestic terrorism, he pulled no punches. "Just watch me," he said. Five days earlier, the FLQ had kidnapped British diplomat James Cross. He was later released unharmed. The FLQ became involved in dozens of bombings between 1963 and 1969, targeting radio stations, businesses, government buildings, diplomatic buildings and military sites."Is this Ireland?" he exclaimed on hearing of the bomb, invoking the Irish Republican Army's guerrilla war against British rule.
It preceded the better-known terrorist activities of the Red Brigades in Italy, the Red Army Faction in Germany – also known as the Baader–Meinhof Gang — and the Weather Underground in the United States. And indeed, the world soon heard more about the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, which took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a West German police officer at the 1972 Munich, West Germany Olympics.
National security: from the RCMP to CSIS The kidnappings, Laporte's death and the terrorism which preceded them had long-term consequences. Among them was the RCMP's realization that more could have been done to prevent the crisis. In response, the RCMP Security Service was created.A former RCMP member on trial for bombing a private residence testified he had done much worse for the security service. And that led the federal McDonald Commission to look at allegations against the RCMP.
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