Québec a Nation History 30
The War Measures Act was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers in the event of "war, invasion or insurrection, real or apprehended". The act was invoked three times in Canadian history: during the First World War, the Second World War, and the 1970 FLQ October crisis.
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 Québec. The FLQ demanded that the government release political prisoners who were sentenced to death, mens like François Schirm and Edmond Guénette who were sentenced to death for a robbery. These circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime usage of the War Measures Act in Canada's history and in the execution of minister Pierre Laporte by the FLQ. The death penalty have been abolish in Canada in 1976, François Schirm and Edmond Guénette were not executed by the government.
Note from Patriote17:
(I am sure they don't told in english class that the FLQ kidnapped government officials to save the lives of their friends, in a time were death penalty existed in Canada. Death penalty was moslty aboslish because of pressure from the PQ to save the live of FLQ members before they became martyr.)
The Front de libération du Québec "Quebec Liberation Front", commonly known as the FLQ was a left-wing nationalist and socialist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada, active between 1963 and 1970, which is widely regarded as a terrorist organization. It was responsible for over 160 violent incidents which killed eight people and injured many more, including the bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1969. These attacks culminated in 1970 with what is known as the October Crisis, in which British Trade Commissioner James Cross was kidnapped and Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was murdered. Founded in the early 1960s, it supported the Quebec sovereignty movement.
FLQ members practised propaganda of the deed and issued declarations that called for a socialist insurrection against oppressors identified with "Anglo-Saxon" imperialism, their goal was the independence of Quebec from Canada and the establishment of a French-speaking Quebecer "workers' society". The organization was also influenced by other movements, such as those for the independence of former colonies such as Ireland, Palestine, Algeria, Vietnam and Cuba.
Members and sympathizers of the group were called "Felquistes" a word coined from the French pronunciation of the letters FLQ. Some of the members were organized and trained by Georges Schoeters, a Belgian revolutionary. FLQ members Normand Roy and Michel Lambert received guerrilla training from the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jordan. The FLQ was a loose association operating as a clandestine cell system. Various cells emerged over time: the Viger Cell founded by Robert Comeau, history professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal; the Dieppe Cell; the Louis Riel Cell; the Nelson Cell; The Saint-Denis Cell; the Liberation Cell; the Chénier Cell, ect. The last two of these cells were involved in what became known as the October Crisis. From 1963 to 1970, the FLQ committed more than 200 violent actions. In 1966 Revolutionary Strategy and the Role of the Avant-Garde was prepared by the FLQ, outlining their long term strategy of successive waves of robberies, bombings, and kidnappings, culminating in revolution. The history of the FLQ is sometimes described as a series of "waves".
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Québec History 31 - FLQ October Crisisby Patriote1711,014 views
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calisse245 9 months ago
..Trudeau la tapette et des Peanuts !!! Man le Manifeste du FLQ était un chef d'oeuvre afin de démontrer le vrai visage du capitalisme !!! Meme aujourdhui en 2011, on pourrait le traduire en toutes langues et l'adapter à des réalités nationales, régionales et il est aussi contemporain que jamais !!!
calisse245 9 months ago