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On October 8, the announcer Gaétan Montreuil reads the FLQ manifesto on Radio-Canada television. On October 9: The FLQ Liberation Cell extends the deadline for Cross's execution its demands to be met to October 10, 6 P.M. Claude Ryan, editor in chief of the daily newspaper Le Devoir, suggest in an editorial that the government should negotiate.
The FLQ was declared an unlawful association, which meant that, under the War Measures Act, the police had full power to arrest, interrogate, and hold anyone whom they believed was associated with the FLQ: "A person who was a member to this group, acted or supported it in some fashion became liable to a jail term not to exceed five years. A ...
From 1963 to 1970, the FLQ committed over 200 violent actions, including bombings, bank hold-ups, kidnappings, at least three killings by FLQ bombs and two killings by gunfire. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] 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 ...
The FLQ Manifesto was a key document of the group the Front de libération du Québec. On 8 October 1970, during the October Crisis , it was broadcast by CBC / Radio-Canada television as one of many demands required for the release of kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross .
In February 1963, the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was founded by Georges Schoeters, Raymond Villeneuve and Gabriel Hudon, three RIN members who had met as part of the Réseau de résistance. They were inspired by the political ideas of the ASIQ's "independence + socialism" project, and felt the RIN was not extreme enough, making the ...
These emergency regulations outlawed the FLQ and made membership a criminal act. In addition, normal liberties were suspended and arrests and detentions were authorized without charges. [1] On October 17, 1970, the day after the Government of Canada invoked the War Measures Act, the Chénier Cell announced that they had executed Laporte.
On November 6, 1970, Bernard Lortie was arrested when the police raided the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell. Although the other three members escaped the raid, they were later captured in St-Luc, Quebec in late December. All four members were charged with the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte. For his part in the kidnapping and ...
Jacques Cossette-Trudel (February 15, 1947 – March 15, 2023) was a French Canadian screenwriter and political activist who, as a 23 year-old, was a member of the FLQ (Cellule Front de Liberation du Québec). In October 1970 their cell kidnapped British diplomat James Richard Cross in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.