Bloc Québécois tries to influence narrative 50 years after the fact

Hopefully, Quebecers will not fall for this blatant attempt to rewrite history.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, pictured Nov. 13, 2019, on the Hill. 'You cannot pretend to be deeply in love with Quebec without respecting this desire of Quebecers to receive some apologies from Her Majesty's government,' was the explanation given by Mr. Blanchet in defence of the motion.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

November 2, 2020

OTTAWA—October is a huge month in Quebec history. It has been a half century since the October Crisis, which saw a deputy premier murdered and a diplomat kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec. It has been a quarter century since the referendum which took Quebec to the brink of a divor...

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