October Crisis - 1995 Quebec Referendum

By brookenagata

  • October Crisis

    British trade comissioner James Cross is kidnapped by the FLQ, beginning the October Crisis.

  • Kidnapping of Pierre Laporte

    Québec's labour and immigration minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped.

  • War Measures Act Invoked

    Federal troops sent to patrol Ottawa and Montreal.
    The War Measures Act is invoked, banning the FLQ and leading eventually to nearly 500 arrests.

  • Pierre Laporte Found Dead

    The strangled body of Pierre Laporte, a Quebec cabinet minister, was found in the trunk of a car in St. Hubert, Quebec, during the FLQ crisis. Paul and Jacques Rose, Francis Simard, and Bernard Lortie were charged in 1971 with kidnapping and non-capital murder, and later all were convicted and sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight years to double life.

  • Multiculturalism

    The federal government officially adopts a policy of multiculturalism. (Exact date unkown)

  • Satelite

    Anik 1 Geo-stationary Commercial Satellite is launched by Telesat, making Canada the first country in the world to use satellites for domestic communications. (Exact date unkown)

  • Breakthrough in Provincial Legislature

    Rosemary Brown is the first black woman elected to the provincial legislature in British Columbia.

  • Parti Québécois

    Quebec votes the Parti Québécois as their next provincial government, lead by René Lévesque. (Exact date unknown)

  • Quebec Referendum

    Government calls a referendum to determine Quebec's political future. 40% of Quebeckers voted "yes" to sovereignty-association and 60% voted "no".

  • Kitchen Comrpomise

    Meeting of 10 premiers in Ottawa over coffee in the kitchen of the National Conference Centre debating, and eventually agreeing agreeing on the "notwithstanding clause" allowing changes to be made to the Charter.

  • New Constitution Act

    Trudeau goes ahead and gets the new Constitution Act signed by Queen Elizibeth II.

  • The Meech Lake Accord

    Primse Minister Mulroney calls the premiers to a conference at Meech Lake, proposing a package of amendments to the Constitution. It offered to recognize Quebec as a distinct society and proposed giving more power to other provinces. (Exact date unknown)

  • The Charlottetown Accord

    Second package of amendments for the Constitution.

  • Full Sovereignty Referendum

    49.4% of Quebeckers voted "yes", 50.6% voted "no".