> Police were motivated to strike because of difficult working conditions caused by disarming FLQ-planted bombs Montreal in 1969 was on the brink of civil war.

> Police were motivated to strike because of difficult working conditions caused by disarming FLQ-planted bombs Montreal in 1969 was on the brink of civil war. The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was basically the Canadian version of the IRA. Having police on the streets wasn't enough. The situation continued to escalate until the Canadian Armed Forces were deployed to police Montreal in 1970. I don't think that time and place is representative of any Canadian city today. As such, it's rather hard to draw any conclusions from your example.