The October Crisis, 1970 : an insider's view

313 Pages·2007·1.906 MB·English

by  Tetley, William, Tetley, William

The October Crisis, 970
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THE October Crisis, 970

AN INSIDER’S VIEW
William Tetley
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montreal & Kingston · London · Ithaca
© McGill-Queen’s University Press 2007
ISBN-3: 978-0-7735-38-5 ISBN-0: 0-7735-38-
Legal deposit first quarter 2007
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper.
McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the
Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also
acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada
through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program
(BPIDP) for our publishing activities.
All translations are by the author unless otherwise indicated.
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Tetley, William
The October Crisis, 970 : an insider’s view / William Tetley.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-3: 978-0-7735-38-5 ISBN-0: 0-7735-38-
. Québec (Province) – History – October Crisis, 970.
2. FLQ. 3. Tetley, William, 927–. I. Title.
FC2925.9.O3T48 2006 97.4’04092 C2006-904944-0
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Contents
Appendices on Tetley Website ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Chronology xxxi
 The Setting 3
2 The FLQ Defined 7
3 FLQ Membership 24
4 The FLQ Manifesto 3
5 Terrorists for Hostages 38
6 The Petition of 4 October 970 50
7 Calling in the Army 59
8 Apprehended Insurrection 67
9 The War Measures Act and the Alternatives 80
viii Contents
0 The War Measures Act: What Went Right 87
 The War Measures Act: What Went Wrong 93
2 The Reaction to the War Measures Act 02
3 Provisional Government 7
4 Voices of Calm, Voices of Panic 32
5 The Murder of Pierre Laporte 40
6 The End of the Violence 46
7 Convening the National Assembly? 52
8 Was the Crisis Principally a Quebec Matter? 56
9 Federalism at Work 64
20 The Duchaîne Report 73
2 Conclusions 85
Appendix 
Diary, 30 September–28 December 970 95
Appendix 2
The twenty-three “political prisoners” and their
crimes or the charges against them 229
Appendix 3
The petition of the sixteen “eminent personalities”
(English version) 232
Appendix 4
Sentences of FLQ members involved
in the crisis 234
Notes 237
Bibliography 259
Index 265
Appendices on Tetley Website
C “The Events Preliminary to the Crisis (in chronological order –
960 to 5 October 970)” – English text – http://www.mcgill.ca/
maritimelaw/crisis, Appendix C
D “The Crisis per se (in chronological order – 5 October 970 to
29 December 970)” – English text – http://www.mcgill.ca/
maritimelaw/crisis, Appendix D
E “The Aftermath to the Crisis (in chronological order –  January
97 to 2002)” – English text – http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/
crisis, Appendix E
F “General Contestation in Quebec Society (960–970)” – English
text – http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/crisis, Appendix F
G “Editorial of Jean-Paul Desbiens in La Presse (6 October 970)”;
Jean-Paul Desbiens, Four Years Later – French text and English
translation – http://www.mcgill.ca/maritimelaw/crisis, Appendix G