POLS 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pierre Laporte, October Crisis, James Cross

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3210
• Professor: Dave Snow

Document Summary

Flq (terrorist, separatist) kidnaps james cross (uk diplomat) and pierre laporte (quebec cabinet minister) Bourassa (quebec premier) asks trudeau (pm) for military help. Scc"s relevance to federalism diminished during much of 50s-70s court"s umpire role overshadowed during intergovernmental negotiations. Mega- constitutional politics: address the very nature of the political community identity, fundamental principles exceptionally emotional and intense. 1975-1982, scc denies 80 constitutional cases two more than 1949-1974. Most important federalism decision made through intergovernmental negotiations seven fm ( rst ministers pm and premiers) meetings between 1968-1971 executive federalism. Pierre laporte gets kidnapped by the flq. Overnight the flq is taken quite seriously. The government has rejected emotional decisions regarding the flq crisis. People were taken into prison under the war measures act being a member of the flq has now become a crime. The army was called in to help montreal to protect public buildings and quebec asked the federal government for additional powers in this case.