October Crisis/War Measures Act

Part I of Essay
From the early 1960s to the mid 1970s, Quebec was going through a very rough political era. Rising feelings of Quebec inhabitants was leading to disruption in political events, and many places of work for both French, and English Canadians. The feelings of inequality by ....

Part II of Essay
.... nation within Quebec. Their were many causes for this frustration. The French Quebeckers viewed the English as in total control of the province, and saw them as the cause for the loss of so many French job positions. One stereotypical view was when a French worker would get fired, it was an English who laid them off. The inequality the French felt is an example of the emotions that sparked the separatist movement. The largest of the groups was the, “Rassemblement pour l’independence nationale (R.I.N.)”. Marcel Chaput and Pierre Bourg ....