How Did the Crisis Benefit and Affect Canada?

The October Crisis benefited Canada and affected Canada in several major ways. One example is that Quebec did not become its own independent country, and the Quebec Left wing parties lost a lot of support. A few other benefits and reasons why it affected Canada was that the Crisis was one of Canada's first real terrorist acts, it was also the first domestic use of the War Measures Act (which lead to improving the entire act), and finally, it was one of Pierre Trudeau's well known accomplishment.

Since the FLQ was a political-left wing party, the events of the Crisis caused many Canadians to lose support for the FLQ after the kidnappings and various attacks. Since the October Crisis was one of Canada's first real terrorist attack, the government learnt more on how to prevent the same events from happening in the future. In addition, Prime Minister Trudeau gained support from many Canadians for the way he handled the entire October Crisis. Trudeau also initiated the War Measures Act during the Crisis to help end it, which led to the creation of the Emergencies Act, which was a more limited and refined version of the War Measures Act. The October Crisis benefitted Canada greatly.