Question

Communist party leader Manuel Figueroa won a landmark court case in this country that smoothed the pathway for small electoral parties to stand in federal elections. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country that Soviet Embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko defected to in 1945, three days after the end of World War II.
ANSWER: Canada [accept Figueroa v Canada (AG)]
[10e] The Gouzenko defection is sometimes considered the first action of this period of geopolitical posturing between the Western and Eastern Blocs characterized by a nuclear arms race.
ANSWER: Cold War
[10m] Upon defecting, Gouzenko offered proof of a Soviet spy ring in Canada that prompted the government to deploy an inquiry empowered by this statute, which was invoked again a couple decades later by Pierre Trudeau during the October Crisis.
ANSWER: War Measures Act

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2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY225.00100%100%50%
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY323.33100%100%33%
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY120.00100%100%0%
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY516.00100%60%0%
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY210.00100%0%0%
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY316.67100%67%0%

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