Timeline of Canadas 1970 October Crisis

Timetable of Canadas 1970 October Crisis In October 1970, two cells of the Front de Libã ©ration du Quã ©bec (FLQ), a progressive association advancing a free and communist Quebec, seized British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. Military were sent into Quebec to support the police and the central government summoned the War Measures Act, briefly suspending common freedoms. Key Events of the October Crisis ofâ 1970 Here is a timetable of the key occasions during the October Crisis. October 5, 1970British Trade Commissioner James Cross was hijacked in Montreal, Quebec. Payment requests from the Liberation cell of the FLQ incorporated the arrival of 23 political detainees, $500,000 in gold, communicate, and distribution of the FLQ Manifesto, and an airplane to take the criminals to Cuba or Algeria. October 6, 1970Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa concurred that choices on the FLQ requests would be made together by the central government and the Quebec common government. The FLQ Manifesto, or selections of it, was distributed by a few papers. Radio broadcast CKAC got dangers that James Cross would be murdered if FLQ requests were not met. October 7, 1970Quebec Justice Minister Jerome Choquette said he was accessible for exchanges. The FLQ Manifesto was perused on CKAC radio. October 8, 1970The FLQ Manifesto was perused on the CBC French system Radio-Canada. October 10, 1970The Chenier cell of the FLQ seized Quebec Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte. October 11, 1970Premier Bourassa got a letter from Pierre Laporte arguing for his life. October 12, 1970The Army was sent in to monitor Ottawa. October 15, 1970The Quebec government welcomed the Army into Quebec to support nearby police. October 16, 1970Prime Minister Trudeau declared the announcement of the War Measures Act, crisis enactment dating from World War I. October 17, 1970The group of Pierre Laporte was found in the storage compartment of a vehicle at the air terminal in St.- Hubert, Quebec. November 2, 1970The Canadian central government and the Quebec commonplace government together offered a prize of $150,000 for data prompting the capture of the criminals. November 6, 1970Police struck the den of the Chenier cell and captured Bernard Lortie. Other cell individuals got away. November 9, 1970The Quebec Justice Minister requested the Army to remain in Quebec for an additional 30 days. December 3, 1970James Cross was discharged after police found where he was being held and the FLQ were given confirmation of their sheltered entry to Cuba. Cross had shed pounds yet said he was not truly abused. December 4, 1970Federal Justice Minister John Turner said the outcasts to Cuba would be forever. Five FLQ individuals got section to Cuba - Jacques Cossette-Trudel, Louise Cossette-Trudel, Jacques Lanctã't, Marc Carbonneau and Yves Langlois. They later moved to France. In the end, all came back to Canada and served short prison terms for grabbing. December 24, 1970Troops were pulled back from Quebec. December 28, 1970Paul Rose, Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard, the staying three individuals from the Chenier cell, were captured. With Bernard Lortie, they were accused of hijacking and murder. Paul Rose and Francis Simard later got life sentences for homicide. Bernard Lortie was condemned to 20 years for seizing. Jacques Rose was at first cleared however later indicted for being a frill and condemned to eight years in jail. February 3, 1971A report from Justice Minister John Turner on the utilization of the War Measures Act said 497 individuals were captured. Of these, 435 were discharged, 62 were charged, 32 without bail. July 1980A 6th individual, Nigel Barry Hamer, was charged in the abducting of James Cross. He was later indicted and condemned to a year in prison.