Another communique...the FLQ has just kidnapped a large chunk of our freedom

Political cartoon. A man stands in his doorway after picking up the newspaper from his front porch. The headline on the newspaper reads: War Measures Act Proclaimed. The man turns to speak to his wife who is visible through the house window and says: "Another communique...the FLQ has just kidnapped a large chunk of our freedom." During the October Crisis of 1970 the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act, the first time the government had done so during peacetime. The result was a heavy military presence in Quebec. The police were given far-reaching powers and they arrested and detained, without bail, 497 individuals. All but 62 of those arrested were later released without charges. The cartoon was published in the Vancouver Sun.