October Crisis FLQ

Quiet revolution begins

Jun 22, 1960

LINK Jean Lesage was elected for Premiere

Canada recieves a new flag

Feb 15, 1965

LINK Canada recieves a new flag to show that we are our own country. Ceremony was held in Ottawa

Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister

Apr 20, 1968

LINK Pierre Trudeau wins Prime Minister for the first time

FLQ kidnapped James Cross

Oct 5, 1970

LINK James Cross in abducted at gunpoint from his home

FLQ Manifesto Broadcasted

Oct 8, 1970

LINK The FLQ had a sqpeech that they made the government broadcast across Quebec in order to meet their demands

Pierre Laporte is kidnapped

Oct 10, 1970

LINK Pierre is kidnapped while playing with his nephew in his back yard

Quebec asks the canadian army for help

Oct 12, 1970

LINK Quebec asks the canadian army for help to make sure that all the politicians are safe.

Pierre Trudeau asked how far will he go

Oct 13, 1970

LINK When in an interview Trudeau was asked how far he would go to end this crisis his reply was "Just watch me".

Robert Lemieux asks students to boycott classes in support of FLQ

Oct 14, 1970

LINK Robert asks students to boycott university classes in support of the FLQ

The Canadian Army is sent to patrol Ottawa

Oct 16, 1970

LINK Troops were sent to patrol Ottawa, and were ordered to bring people in who were suspected to be involved with the FLQ.

The War Measurments Act is Enforced

Oct 16, 1970

LINK The october crisis was the only time that the war measuments act was used in a peacetime.

Pierre Laporte is executed

Oct 17, 1970

LINK Pierre Laporte is found in a truck strangled

Police raid the FLQ's Chenier cell

Nov 6, 1970

LINK Police raid the Chenier cell to find James Cross, and arrest some of the FLQ members

James Cross is released

Dec 3, 1970

LINK James Cross is released after negotiating for the FLQ members to be able to flee to Cuba

Pierre anounces that all troops will be removed from Quebec

Dec 23, 1970

LINK Pierre announces that all troops will be removed from Quebec by January 4 1971

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is enshrined in the constitution

Apr 17, 1982

LINK A constitution that allows canada to make its own laws, and not by the British anymore