Almost 50 years ago, Pierre Trudeau was faced with a dreadful choice over what to do about the politically motivated kidnapping of innocent civilians. There would be no rolling over, no capitulation in order to secure the release of James Cross and Pierre Laporte, taken by FLQ terrorists during the October crisis of 1970. Laporte would pay with his life, but whatever the then-prime minister may have experienced in his heart, he kept a stony resolve. Read More
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