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In February 1969, the FLQ set off bombs at the Montreal Stock Market (injuring 28 people) and at the offices of the Queen's Printer in Montreal. [ 5 ] March 1969 saw the outbreak of violent demonstrations by French-Canadians, who demanded for McGill University, a traditional bastion of Montreal's English-speaking elite, to be transformed into a ...
Events from the year 1969 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown. Monarch – Elizabeth II [1] Federal government. Governor General – Roland Michener [2] Prime ...
The second section discusses wars involving Canada since its confederation in 1867. It lists conflicts such as the Fenian Raids, Red River Rebellion, Mahdist War, Canada in World War I and Canada in World War II, detailing the combatants, results, and casualties for each event.
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
The Vietnam War: Canada's Role, Part Two: The Boat People. Transcript of a CBC Radio broadcast. Vietnam War Resisters in Canada Archived August 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, hosted by Vancouver Community Network. Annotated guide to texts and websites from the 1960s to the present. Compiled by scholar Joseph Jones. Vietnamese Community in ...
Starting in 1965, Canada became the main haven for Vietnam War resisters. Canadian immigration policy at the time made it easy for immigrants from all countries to obtain legal status in Canada, and classified war resisters as immigrants. [3] There is no official estimate of how many draft evaders and deserters were admitted during the Vietnam War.
Good Times, Bad Times is a 1969 Canadian short television documentary film created by Donald Shebib with narration by John Granik featuring interviews with veterans intercut by wartime footage. [1] Shebib's presentation of war and the social status of Canada's veterans is blunt and "non-romanticized". [2]
Canadian anti-war activists encouraged American draftees to head north, offering them extensive counsel and assistance. Draft dodgers were generally accepted as immigrants by Canadian authorities, and as many as 125,000 Americans moved to Canada due to their opposition to the War. At least half of them are believed to have stayed permanently.