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Pierre Laporte (25 February 1921 – 17 October 1970) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was deputy premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped and murdered by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October Crisis .
Feb 13, 2008 · Pierre Laporte, journalist, lawyer, politician (born 25 February 1921 in Montreal , Quebec; died 17 October 1970). In October of 1970, Laporte was abducted and subsequently murdered by the Chénier cell of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ).
Oct 17, 2020 · MONTREAL -- At age 91, Marc Lalonde still remembers the shock he felt on Oct. 17, 1970 when Pierre Laporte's body was discovered in the trunk of a car at an airport south of Montreal, a week...
Oct 13, 2020 · Jean Laporte, son of former Quebec labour minister Pierre Laporte, who was killed by the FLQ in 1970, shares his memories and emotions in an exclusive interview with CBC News. He remembers the events that changed his life and Canada, and how he coped with the loss of his father.
Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte kidnapped and murdered by the FLQ; British diplomat James Cross kidnapped and later released by the FLQ. The October Crisis ( French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the ...
The 1970 October Crisis didn’t only take Pierre Laporte’s life. It also robbed him of his place in history. The murder of the 49-year-old Quebec labour and immigration minister on Oct. 17 ...
Oct 3, 2020 · In 1970, a hostage crisis turned Quebec upside-down and put many of Canadians' freedoms on hold. Today, historians still argue whether Pierre Trudeau’s invocation of the War Measures Act was...
