Juliet Belmas contemplated the trajectory of her life — teenager-turned-terrorist, imprisonment, a career in the movie business, an opioid-crisis film-in-the-works, and now the invasion of Ukraine.
… Belmas once did many bad things, but that was another lifetime — although forever present.
Sentenced to 20 years for her role in the Squamish Five “urban guerrilla” group — she, Ann Hansen, Brent Taylor, Doug Stewart and Gerry Hannah waged a violent campaign in the early 1980s that included bombing an Ontario factory making U.S. missile parts.
“I met Brent Taylor when I was just turning 18,” she said, still incredulous at her naiveté.
