Dōmo arigatō, gunsō Electro, mata au hi made: The electronic adventures of Royal Canadian Air Force / Canadian Armed Forces Sergeant Bob Electro
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In October 1970, members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the Montréal-based senior British trade commissioner, James Richard Cross, and the Ministre de l’Immigration and Ministre du Travail et de la Main-d’œuvre of Québec, Pierre Laporte. The latter was killed under circumstances no one really knows and by a member of the FLQ no one ever identified.

The October Crisis, as these events became known, saw the Canadian Prime Minister of the time invoke the 1914 War Measures Act. That action, unprecedented in peacetime, led to the arrests of almost 500 Quebecers who had not taken part in the kidnappings, virtually all francophones and sovereigntists, in other words individuals who favoured the creation of an independent country of Québec. All but 35 or so were released without ever being charged and without so much as an apology, and this despite the fact that some of them had spent up to 3 months in jail. The 35 or so individuals charged were eventually acquitted.

According to some, elements within the federal government had acted in that manner to discredit the Québec sovereignist movement and, more specifically, the Parti québécois, founded in October 1968. Let us not forget that the very young sovereigntist party had obtained 23 % of the votes, a result which had surprised / frightened many people in Québec and Ottawa, but only 7 of the 108 seats in the Assemblée nationale, during the April 1970 election. What do you think?

And yes, the preceding quotes were all translations. You are welcome.