In October 1970, the Liberal government under then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau decided to suspend civil liberties by invoking the statute then known as the War Measures Act in response to the kidnapping of a Quebec cabinet minister and a British diplomat by members of the militant FLQ separatist group.
In a motion put forward this week, Blanchet demanded an official apology from the prime minister for his father's deployment of the army to arrest and detain without charge nearly 500 Quebecers.He criticized the Conservatives for refusing to call for an apology over a law that "attacked the dignity of a whole nation."
"You cannot pretend to be deeply in love with Quebec without respecting the desire of Quebecers to receive some apologies from Her Majesty's government," Blanchet told reporters Wednesday.
He’s an amazing idiot!
Let it be, we shouldn't try to re-write the history books. War measures act was considered reasonable at the time. If you weren't around during the Cross murder; don't criticize!
I think Blanchet should apologize to the Quebec people on behalf PQ for taking Quebec from the richest province to the poorest in 41 yrs!! The bloc for being a useless party in Ottawa!!
As a born and raised Montrealer, i would have liked an apology from the FLQ for failing to introduce constructive change. Oh wait.. that’s the same for all political parties. My party is the human race. What’s yours? justwatchme also recallkenney
The Quebec premier and the Montreal mayor of the day requested it. Why apologize for something requested.
What is he trying to distract from?
He can eat poop!
Shove it up your ---!
No your people kidnaped people a d killed one of them
I find this angle of snowflake people with hurt feelings after their media promoted a murder and they got called on their actions. Needing an apology. This is to be a spit on the ground... get over it.
What a wanker.
Opposition showing desperation. Quite comical.
Don’t we have enough to deal with than to listen to this dribble again .... it’s 50 years ago let it go....
Probably more appropriate for junior to address PETs “white paper” that attempted to remove all indigenous rights from indigenous peoples.
Blanchet should be apologizing to all canadians for everything he has ever said.
If you really want to go there then maybe all Canadians should be asking you to apologize for what the FLQ did...you really have it backyards!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣...breathe....🤣🤣🤣🤣
How about Blanchet apologize first to the family of Pierre LaPorte........
Absurd.
Apology? Sure, the same day these treasonous, arrogant pr**ks apologize for putting us through mailbox bombs and other terrorist acts.
What a joke
Huh? Well let's talk but I think we should hear what Pierre Laporte has to say about that. What? Oh...right.......Where is this guy's head?
Why
He’s deflecting because he probably has another MeToo allegation coming out soon
Sure. Right after that lawsuit is settled, Yves.
Um, no. Next!
Oh brother. I think the talians should apologize to the numerous civilizations the Romans wiped out on the way to becoming the greatest empire ever. Yea that is sarcam.
For acts committed by people from Quebec
TonyBobulinski
OFFS
Je ne care pas!
He needs to get a job he can handle. In the present. The Covid presence.
No one cares
Pierre Laport's family deserves an apology. So do Canadians for subsequent language laws in farce to preserve French
Did Jag tag him in? Blachies turn for nonsensical doublespeak grandstanding? Jag taking a yoga break?
So Blanchet supports the terrorists?Wanted more politicians to end up dead? Is he asking for an apology from the Quebec premier and Montreal mayor who askEd for the measures?Or just a stunt.A pathetic attention grab capitalizing on a terrible moment in Canadian history.Disgusting
Wrong Trudeau Wrong issue Wrong question And someone make sure he is on his meds.
We will not bow to or excuse terrorism.
Get over yourself!
These separatists are really weird.
🖕🤡
First off, no. Second, fuck no & third, there was never anything to aplogize for.
No
Rename the Airport first, that will get his attention.
Was the Bloc Leader even alive back then. It would be better for Canadians to know exactly what happened.
Is this that covid 'long haulers' symptom that causes moments of confusion?
BlueTalksPol Every day the opposition in Canada proves that they should remain there.
Get a life, learn from the past but look to the future.
... Desperately looking for anything to justify its job and get some attention... Useless.
How about apologizing for the draconian CoVid emergency measures you’ve witnessed in Quebec currently?
The Bloc and FLQ irl
Oh dear.
Obviously Blanchet forgot to take his pills today because he is starting to sound like Trump....delusional
Forget it! Get a life.
Petty!
🖕🖕🖕🖕 Blanchet
This is about as crazy 😜 as it gets 🤮 . Implementing the “War Measures ACT”, received unanimous approval of Parliament, with the exception of one member.
First imagine the Bloc apologizing to Canada. First things first.
the request of Quebec PM Robert Bourrassa. The FLQ was a bunch of terrorists. BOOOO Bloc Quebecois
Dink!!!!
What?!
Whaa 🤪
When the PQ/BQ apologize for killing Pierre Laporte
And so it begins...Let’s start apologizing for every little damn thing that someone considers “wrong” or was somehow offended all the way back to the biblical era. Someone should tell Blanchet to put his “big-boy pants” on and start focusing on issues pertaining to TODAY.
so he wants a appoligy that came because '...at the request of the Quebec premier and Montreal's mayor...' 50 years ago? thinks he should appoligize for being a ass
He was a small child when this was occurring, as I was. My parents were afraid and I remember being afraid as well. I was a child didn't understand all the politics, but I also remember the relief bthat a politician was standing up to terrorism. Perhaps Blanchet doesn't remember.
Je me souviens - the British winning. So 🤷🏽♂️
It’s really hard to take this man serious.
Just a Fucken excuse for some lime light so he seems relevant
Lulz,.... cndpoli
What a turd.
Was Justin even born yet?
Wow so many people get auto triggered by this lol
It was a well executed and necessary solution to deal with crazy FLQ terrorists and radical separatists. Blanchet is still a Quebec separatist joke.
He did not invoke it
What an idiot. The War Measures Act was used to stop a separatist organization, known as the Front de Liberation du Quebec. But then again, the BQ are a separatist party... 🙄
You’ve got to be kidding.
....and we’d to it again you in a heartbeat 👍
this fking guy already
The Québec government literally begged them to because domestic terrorists were setting off bombs, kidnapped and then murdered the deputy prime minister
I suppose the BlocQuebecois will be demanding an apology from the descendants of James Wolfe also.
🙄
I demand stop using my tax dollars to pay this loser’s salary!
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