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The goal of Quebec's sovereignist movement is to make Quebec an independent state. In practice, the terms independentist, sovereignist, and separatist are used to describe people adhering to this movement, although the latter term is perceived as pejorative by those concerned as it de-emphasizes that the sovereignty project aims to achieve political independence without severing economic ...
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.
This party aims to promote Quebec's sovereignty and purports to defend the interests of Quebec at the federal level of government. The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), was a terrorist organization in the 1960s and early 1970s that used violence to promote independence for Quebec. Although they both advocated a sovereigntist agenda, the ...
Within Quebec, francophones responded with indignation at the failure of the accord, interpreting it as a rejection of French reality by English Canada. [9] Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa's remarks that "English Canada should understand that no matter what is said or done, Quebec remains today as always a distinct society that is capable and ...
At the time, opinion polls in Quebec and the rest of Canada showed overwhelming support for the War Measures Act; [29] [30] in a December 1970 Gallup Poll, it was noted that 89% of English-speaking Canadians and 86% of French-speaking Canadians supported the introduction of the War Measures Act. They respectively showed 6% and 9% disapproval ...
The Quiet Revolution ushered in a period of significant economic and social development not only in Quebec but also in French Canada and Canada as a whole. This transformation coincided with similar developments occurring in the Western world in general. It brought about notable changes to the physical organization and social structures of ...
The Quebec Minister of Justice, Jérôme Choquette, states that he is willing to negotiate at any moment to liberate the hostage. 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 ...
The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada.