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May 1967, DND instructed Military bases in Quebec to ensure personnel in uniform carry side arms when in public. On July 27, the Mouvement de libération du Québec (MLQ) claims responsibility for the bombing of Greenfield Park City Hall. On September 12, two bombs explode at MacDonald High School in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
From 1963 to 1970, the Quebec nationalist group Front de libération du Québec detonated over 200 bombs. [2] While mailboxes, particularly in the affluent and predominantly Anglophone city of Westmount, were common targets, the largest single bombing occurred at the Montreal Stock Exchange on February 13, 1969, which caused extensive damage and injured 27 people.
The Front de libération du Québec [a] (FLQ) was a militant Quebec separatist group which aimed to establish an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was a terrorist group , and was labeled as such by the Canadian government.
The Montreal Stock Exchange bombing was a domestic terrorist bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, February 13, 1969. [1] Perpetrated by the separatist Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the bombing happened some 40 minutes before the end of trading, injuring 27 people. [ 2 ]
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.
This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history. 1533 and before; 1534 to 1607; 1608 to 1662; 1663 to 1759; 1760 to 1773; 1774 to 1790 ...
The Invasion of Quebec (June 1775 – October 1776, French: Invasion du Québec) was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to seize the Province of Quebec (part of modern-day Canada) from Great Britain , and persuade French-speaking ...
The Quiet Revolution of Quebec brought widespread change in the 1960s. Among other changes, support for Quebec independence began to form and grow. The first organization dedicated to the independence of Quebec was the Alliance Laurentienne, founded by Raymond Barbeau on January 25, 1957. [1]