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Former Parti Quebecois (PQ) minister Jacques-Yvan Morin died on July 26 at the age of 92. According to the death notice published on Saturday, Morin "passed away peacefully at home."
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Kidnapping, Murder, Unrest: Quebec's 1970 October Crisis Explained By Marina Manoukian/March 16, 2021 1:46 am EDT In the 1960s, members of the Québécois separatist movement started a bombing campaign against the Canadian government. In 1970, this standoff escalated to a hostage situation. Overnight, people in Québec found themselves essentially living under martial law. The October Crisis gripped the nation as a British diplomat and Québec's Minister of Labour and Immigration were kidnapped and held by the Front de libération du Québec. In response, soldiers and tanks rolled through t...
By 1970, though, the group had been weakened by arrests and was frustrated at their lack of progress. The remaining members decided to change tactics. A faction led by Lanctôt hoped to ignite support for the FLQ's cause by kidnapping a public figure. They settled on Cross after determining the U.S. consul was too well protected. Cross was walking to the bathroom in his underpants early on the morning of Oct. 5 when the kidnappers forced their way into his stately home on Redpath Crescent. Soldiers took over guard duty, Oct. 16, 1970 at the Montreal home of British Trade Commissioner James C...