The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was a militant Quebec separatist group which aimed to establish an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means. It was considered a terrorist group by the Canadian government. Founded sometime in the early 1960s,the FLQ conducted a number of attacks between 1963 and 1970,which totaled over 160 violent incidents and killed eight people and injured many more. These attacks culminated with the Montreal Stock Exchange bombing in 1969 and the October Crisis in 1970,the latter beginning with the kidnapping of British Trade Commissioner James Cross. In the subsequent negotiations,Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped and murdered by a cell of the FLQ. Public outcry and a federal crackdown subsequently ended the crisis and resulted in a drastic loss of support for the FLQ,with a small number of FLQ members being granted refuge in Cuba.
Louise Arbour,is a Canadian lawyer,prosecutor and jurist.
HEC Montréal is a bilingual public business school located in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Founded in 1907,HEC Montréal is the graduate business school of the Universitéde Montréal and is the first established school of management in Canada.
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the Quiet Revolution and the patriation of the British North America Act.
The Business Development Bank of Canada is a Crown corporation and national development bank wholly owned by the Government of Canada,mandated to help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing,growth and transition capital,venture capital and advisory services,with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.
Joseph AndréMichel Vennat is a Canadian civil servant,lawyer,businessman,and former President of the Business Development Bank of Canada. He was fired due to the investigation of the 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal. In August 2006,Federal Courts deemed his firing illegal and,had his term not expired since his dismissal,he would have been reinstated to office.
Marie Thérèse Casgrain,,née Forget was a French Canadian feminist,reformer,politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec,as well as the first woman to lead a political party in Canada. In her later life she opposed nuclear weapons and was a consumer activist. A strong federalist,one of her last political actions,at age 83,was to intervene on the "No" side in the 1980 Quebec sovereignty referendum.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau,also known as Sophie Grégoire,is a retired Canadian television host. She is married to 23rd prime minister of Canada,Justin Trudeau;the couple separated in 2023. She is involved in charity work,social work,and public speaking focused mainly on the environment,women's issues,and children's issues. She was an ambassador for the WE Charity,which fell into scandal in 2020.
Pierre Karl Péladeau,also known by his initials PKP,is a Canadian businessman,billionaire and former politician. He was also the MNA for Saint-Jérôme. Péladeau is the president and CEO of Quebecor Inc. He used to own Sun Media Corporation. Péladeau is seen as a "strong Quebec nationalist" and an influential businessman in Quebec.
Lawrence Cannon,is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006,he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30,2008,he relinquished oversight of Transport and was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat. He was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France in May 2012,and he served in that position until September 2017.
Therese Brisson is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Brisson played for the Canadian National and Olympic women's ice hockey team from 1993 to 2005. Brisson was a member of Team Canada’s gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She helped Canada win six World Championships in 1994,1997,1999,2000,2001,and 2004. She earned a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano,Japan,which marked the first time that women’s hockey was played on an Olympic level.
Jean-Guy Hudon was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He was an administrator by career.
Françoise Bertrand,is a Canadian business personality. She is the first woman to head a North American television network,as CEO and president of Télé-Québec,and was the first woman to serve as chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC),a position she held from 1996 to 2001. Bertrand was inducted into the National Order of Quebec in 2008 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013. She has served as president and CEO of Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec from 2003 to 2016,the first woman to hold the position. She is currently the first woman to serve as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Via Rail Canada Inc.,a position she has held since April 2017.
Mélanie Joly is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has served as minister of Foreign Affairs since October 2021. A member of the Liberal Party,Joly represents the Montreal-area riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the House of Commons,taking office as a member of Parliament (MP) following the 2015 federal election. She has held a number of portfolios including Canadian heritage,tourism,and La Francophonie. Joly ran for mayor of Montreal in the 2013 Montreal municipal election,placing second behind eventual winner Denis Coderre.
AtkinsRéalis Group Inc.,previously known as SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.,is a Canadian company based in Montreal that provides engineering,procurement,and construction (EPC) services to various industries,including mining and metallurgy,environment and water,infrastructure,and clean energy. AtkinsRéalis was the largest construction company,by revenue,in Canada,as of 2021.
Michèle Taïna Audette is a Canadian politician and activist. She served as president of Femmes autochtones du Québec from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2012. She was also the president of Native Women's Association of Canada from 2012 to 2014. From 2004 through 2008,she served as Associate Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Relations with Citizens and Immigration of the Quebec government,where she was in charge of the Secretariat for Women.
Simone Marie Yvette Hudon-Beaulac was a Canadian painter and printmaker.
The 44th G7 summit was held on 8–9 June 2018,in La Malbaie in the Charlevoix region of Quebec,Canada. This was the sixth time since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings.
Micheline Bouchard is a Canadian engineer. In 2000,Bouchard became the first woman to serve as president of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. She was an engineer for Hydro-Québec.
Annie Koutrakis is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding of Vimy during the 2019 Canadian federal election,and was re-elected in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election. MP Koutrakis currently serves as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. MP Koutrakis is also a current member of 4 Committees:Standing Committee on official Languages (LANG),Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament (BILI),Standing Committee on Transport,Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN),and Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Transport,Infrastructure and Communities (STRA). Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament,she worked in investment firms for 30 years.
