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...eleven weeks a campaign of terror has rocked the French Canadian province of Quebec, and sent shock waves rippling all across Canada. Last month a bomb ex plosion killed the night watchman at a Montreal army recruiting center. A fortnight ago, 13 time bombs were found in mailboxes in a Montreal suburb, and a Canadian army explosives expert was critically injured when one of them went off in his face. Last week 18 more sticks of dynamite were found planted in mailboxes in Quebec City, and an explosion shattered offices at the Montreal armory of the Royal Canadian Electrical...
...common in the southern part of the Western Hemisphere, but what was going on in peaceful Canada? Near some of the bombsites appeared the signature FLQ, meaning Front de Liberation Quebecois. The Front is a lunatic fringe of violent nationalists whose aim is the secession of French-speaking Quebec from the rest of English-speaking Canada. Estimates of its strength run from a handful to a few score-and so far the cops have no idea who the leaders are. But neither Quebec's Premier Jean Lesage nor the federal government of Prime Minister Lester Pearson dismisses...
Second Class. Ever since colonial days, Quebec's French-speaking population has bitterly resented traditional British domination of Canada's economy and government. In 1867, when Canada won self-rule, the fathers of Canadian confederation wrote into the British North America Act Quebec's inalienable right to its own language, Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity. Just the same, Quebec's citizens believe that their status is still second-class. Partly, French Canadians can blame themselves. For nearly two decades, Quebec was ruled as the personal fief of Premier Maurice Duplessis, who held the province...
Belatedly, French Canadians fully realized that next door, English-speaking Ontario had become the economic heart of Canada while Quebec remained less developed, its natural resources controlled by outsiders. Moreover, while French Canadians comprised nearly 30% of Canada's population, they held only 13% of the responsible jobs in civil service. They found that although Canada was officially bilingual, French was a working language only in Quebec-a manifestation of what Quebec Natural Resources Minister Rene Levesque calls "the Kenya colonist outlook." He adds: "There are already people asking why the English have so many rights and privileges...
...Cabinet shows no surprise choices, but Yvon Dupuis, M.P. from St. Jean-Iberville-Napierville was no ticeably absent. Since Dupuis successfully led the Liberal campaign in the key province of Quebec, many expected that Pearson would reward him with a Cabinet appointment...