"FLQ October Crisis figure Paul Rose dies" CBC News.

[applegrove]

FLQ October Crisis figure Paul Rose dies

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/14/montreal-quebec-paul-rose-dead-flq.html

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Paul Rose, a key figure in Quebec’s October Crisis who served 11 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte, died today of a stroke at the age of 69.

Rose was the leader of the Montreal-based Chénier cell of Front de libération du Québec, the militant nationalist organization behind the 1970 kidnapping of then-Quebec labour minister Laporte and British diplomat James Cross.

Laporte was found in the trunk of a car nearly two weeks after the October Crisis began.

Rose was sentenced to life in jail for the murder, but was paroled in 1982, two years after the Duchaine report found he was not present at the time of the murder.

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[applegrove]

1. Unbelievable that he only spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated killing of a politician

for political reasons. A scary part of Quebec history. I think Canada handled the FLQ crisis well though: french immersion across the whole country. I remember studying french canadian history all the way through public school and high school. Makes me want to watch the Donald Britton documentary "Champions" again.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/champions_part_1/