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The 70's
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October Crisis
- Terrorest Group (LFO) fighting for Quebec independence
- Bombed and caused disruption -Kidnapping of James Cross, the British trade commissioner in Montréal, by members of the FRONT DE LIBÉRATION DU QUÉBEC.
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Pierre Laporte
FLQ kidnapped the Québec minister of labour and immigration, Pierre LAPORTE. -
Apprehended Insurrection
the federal government proclaimed the existence of a state of "apprehended insurrection" under the WAR MEASURES ACT. Under the emergency regulations, the FLQ was banned, normal liberties were suspended, and arrests and detentions were authorized without charge. Over 450 persons were detained in Québec, most of whom were eventually released without the laying or hearing of charges -
Found Body
the body of Pierre Laporte was found in a car trunk near St Hubert airport -
Parti Quebecois
In 1973 the PQ became the official Opposition -
Bill 22 la Loi sur la langue officielle
-Bill 22 was passed to solve the problems which arose after the passing of Bill 63.
-The law proclaimed French the official language in Quebec,
-Québec Liberal government of Robert BOURASSA -
Parti Québécois Election
the Parti Québécois was elected for the first time to form the government of Quebec. The party's leader, René Lévesque, became the Premier of Quebec. This provided cause for celebration among many French-speaking Quebecers, while it resulted in an acceleration of the migration of the province's Anglophone population and related economic activity toward Toronto.
Quebec citizens seemed to be showing their support for the idea of Quebec separation -
Charter of French Language
The Charter of the French Language, better known as Bill 101, was passed on August 26, 1977. It stipulated that all signs in Québec must be in French, that all children must attend French school, with the exception of children whose parents had themselves attended English school in Québec, and that French was the language of the workplace and of Québec public administration.
-welcomed by Québec nationalists,
-sparked anger among anglophones, allophones and even some francophone parents -
Bill 101, Charte de la langue française
-Specific day unknown
-It made French the official language of the state and of the courts in the province of Québec, as well as making it the normal and habitual language of the workplace, of instruction, of communications, of commerce and of business
-Education in French became compulsory for immigrants, even those from other Canadian provinces, unless a "reciprocal agreement" existed between Québec and that province (the so-called Québec clause -
Rene Levesque
In October 1978, Premier Lévesque declared in the National Assembly that Québec had to transform radically its union with the rest of Canada, and that sovereignty and association should come about "smoothly and simultaneously." -
Quebec-Canada: A New Deal
Levesque revealed his white paper entitled “Quebec-Canada: A New Deal – The Quebec government proposal for a new partnership between equals: sovereignty-association”. This document proposed a new relationship between Canada and Quebec in which Quebec would be an independent political state and would be able to make its own decisions regarding both domestic and international matters. However, Levesque planned that Quebec would continue to use the Canadian dollar and share the country’s customs