Event Title
The Founding of the Front de Liberation du Quebec and the Events that Led to the October Crisis of 1970
Location
CSU 284
Start Date
24-4-2006 3:15 PM
End Date
24-4-2006 5:00 PM
Student's Major
History
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Larry L. Witherell
Mentor's Department
History
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
The FLQ, a Marxist group founded in 1963, sought to overthrow the Quebec provincial government and establish an independent Quebec. From 1963 to 1970 the FLQ committed over 200 acts of political violence, including bank hold-ups and bombings that caused at least three deaths. The FLQ is best known for the October crisis of 1970 which involved the kidnapping of a British diplomat and Canadian politician, who was later murdered. This paper examined the Canadian government's response to the FLQ political violence between 1963 and 1970, and demonstrated how the failure of the government to take the FLQ seriously led to the October 1970 events of political kidnapping and murder. Resources used in this study included Canadian parliamentary debates, newspapers from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Quebec, memoirs and autobiographies of political leaders and participants, contemporary reports, and biographic and other secondary scholarship.
The Founding of the Front de Liberation du Quebec and the Events that Led to the October Crisis of 1970
CSU 284
The FLQ, a Marxist group founded in 1963, sought to overthrow the Quebec provincial government and establish an independent Quebec. From 1963 to 1970 the FLQ committed over 200 acts of political violence, including bank hold-ups and bombings that caused at least three deaths. The FLQ is best known for the October crisis of 1970 which involved the kidnapping of a British diplomat and Canadian politician, who was later murdered. This paper examined the Canadian government's response to the FLQ political violence between 1963 and 1970, and demonstrated how the failure of the government to take the FLQ seriously led to the October 1970 events of political kidnapping and murder. Resources used in this study included Canadian parliamentary debates, newspapers from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Quebec, memoirs and autobiographies of political leaders and participants, contemporary reports, and biographic and other secondary scholarship.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Melanie M.. "The Founding of the Front de Liberation du Quebec and the Events that Led to the October Crisis of 1970." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-I/6
