<P> In 1964 the Canadian government decided to merge the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army to form the Canadian Armed Forces . The aim of the merger was to reduce costs and increase operating efficiency . Minister of National Defence Paul Hellyer argued in 1966 that "the amalgamation...will provide the flexibility to enable Canada to meet in the most effective manner the military requirements of the future . It will also establish Canada as an unquestionable leader in the field of military organization ." On February 1, 1968, unification was completed . </P> <P> The October Crisis was a series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during October 1970 in the province of Quebec, mainly in the Montreal metropolitan area . During the domestic terrorist crisis Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, when asked how far he was willing to go to resolving the problem, responded "Just watch me", a phrase that has become famous in Canadian lore . Three days later, on October 16, the circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use of the War Measures Act in Canada's history . The invocation of the act resulted in widespread deployment of 12,500 Canadian Forces troops throughout Quebec, with 7,500 troops stationed within the Montreal area . </P> <P> Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War (1955--1975) and officially had the status of a "non-belligerent". Canadian Forces involvement was limited to a small contingent in 1973 to help enforce the Paris Peace Accords . The war nevertheless had a considerable impact on Canadians . In a counter-current to the movement of American draft - dodgers and deserters to Canada, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in southeast Asia . Among the volunteers were fifty Mohawks from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal . 110 Canadians died in Vietnam, and seven remain listed as Missing in Action . </P> <P> The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka in southern Quebec, which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted until September 26, 1990 . On August 8, Quebec premier Robert Bourassa had announced at a press conference that he had invoked Section 275 of the National Defence Act to requisition military support in "aid of the civil power". A right available to provincial governments that was enacted after one police officer and two Mohawk were killed during the conflict . The Chief of the Defence Staff, General John de Chastelain placed Federal, Quebec - based troops in support of the provincial authorities . During Operation Salon some 2,500 regular and reserve troops were mobilized . Troops and mechanized equipment mobilized at staging areas around Oka and Montreal, while reconnaissance aircraft staged air photo missions over Mohawk territory to gather intelligence . Despite high tensions between military and First Nations forces, no shots were exchanged . On September 1, 1990, freelance photographer Shaney Komulainen took a photograph of men staring each other down, dubbed by the media Face to Face, it has become one of Canada's most famous images . </P>

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