Documents on the October Crisis




Documents in Quebec History Last revised: 23 August 2000	Documents on the October Crisis The Original Demands of the FLQ The Manifesto of the FLQ / Le Manifeste du FLQ Letter of Pierre Laporte to Robert Bourassa Letter of Pierre Laporte to his wife October 15 statement by Robert Bourassa regarding negotiations Trudeau’s "Just watch me" interview Letters from the Quebec authorities requesting the War Measures Act Text of the War Measures Act Public Order Regulation, October 1970 Explanations given in the House of Commons by John Turner, Minister of Justice, on the War Measures Act Trudeau’s televised statement on the War Measures Act Reaction of the FLQ to the War Measures Act Editorial by Claude Ryan on the War Measures Act Statement by René Lévesque on the War Measures Act Statements by T. C. Douglas, Leader of the New Democratic Party, on the War Measures Act Radio message of Mrs. Cross to her husband and the FLQ Public Order Temporary Regulations, November 1970 Robert Bourassa on the October Crisis A radical interpretation of the October Crisis Articles in Time Magazine Lives in the Balance (October 19, 1970) Canada: "This Very Sorry Moment" (October 26, 1970) Canada: End of a Bad Dream (December 14, 1970) Mountie Morass (November 14, 1977) To study the October Crisis, consult the following pages from the Quebec History web site: October Crisis War Measures' Act Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath