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Much of the inspiration and ideas can be attributed to a 2007 post but that didn't get a lot of attention.

In this particular timeline, the Marxist-Leninist separatist terror group, the Front du Liberation de Quebec takes far more extreme actions than it did in the OTL, having far greater impact on Canada. In addition, FLQ cells coordinate far better than they do in the OTL. Some events are the same with just a change in dates, others are totally different.

Edit: They're also larger.

Oct. 5, 1970: James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner, is kidnapped while the FLQ leadership demands independence. The Provicincial government responds by tightening security and announces that 'they will be soley responsible for whatever happens.'

Oct. 8, 1970: The FLQ Manifesto is read on Radio-Canada television and broadcasted across Quebec and the rest of Canada via the CBC.

Oct. 10: Pierre Laporte is kidnapped from his home by three members of the FLQ chenier cell. Police set up checkpoints across the Greater Montreal region in order to desperately find the Minister of Labour. Premier Bourassa and his government under tight security temporarily move to Montreal as the matter becomes more serious.

Oct. 12: The Canadian Armed Forces is dispatched to Ottawa in order to secure federal buildings and politicians.

Oct. 15: In Quebec City the Premier asks for support from the National Assembly in order to ask the Prime Minister that he would invoke the War Measures Act; there is unanimous support for this decision, even from the Parti Quebecois, which advocates an independent Quebec. Interviewed by a CBC reporter, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when asked of far will he go to ending the crisis in Quebec, Trudeau replies, "Just watch me." Thousands of angry Quebecois gather at the Paul Sauve Arena in Montreal showing a display of separatist solidarity expressing support of the FLQ Manifesto.

Oct. 17 (Black Saturday): At 12:00 AM Pierre Laporte is killed and his body dumped in a field outside Quebec City, police find the body before dawn; the same day at between 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, a number of bombs explode in Montreal, killing 38 people. The British Consulate-General in Montreal is partially damaged in one of the bombings. At 1:00 PM the RCMP headquarters in Quebec City is hit with a bomb killing 9. At 1:30 PM a bomb explodes at the office of Liberal MP Joseph-Alfred Mongrain in Trois Rivieres, no one is killed.

At 3:00 PM Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau formally enacts the War Measures Act proclaiming the existence of a state of "apprehended insurrection". Under the emergency act, civil liberties in Quebec are suspended and thousands of soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces enter Quebec and establish order in the province protecting key areas. Over the next week eight-thousand homes are searched without warrants and nine-hundred people are arrested and put on detention without charge. Only a fraction of those arrested were put on trial for criminal acts.

Oct. 20: Students and civil rights group at the Universite de Montreal condemn the violence taking place, however, defy the War Measures Act and protest the mass arrests taking place. Students across Quebec walk out and universities are temporarily shut down.

Oct. 25: Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau wins the mayoral election with 92% of the vote, however, he is assassinated while giving a victory speech attacking his opponents as FLQ subordinates. The perpetrator, a member of the "Liberation" cell is beaten to death by the crowd. Military presence is substantially increased in Quebec and in Eastern Ontario.

Nov. 6: A police raid the 'Chenier' cell of the FLQ and while there is a terrific firefight between them, three members escape while four others are killed. James Cross is found alive.

Nov. 8 - 12: A new series of bombings in Quebec City and Montreal, targeting the police and the army. 300 students are arrested after a public display of sympathy for the FLQ. They are subjected to beatings, harsh interrogations, and deprived of food and sleep in an effort to find out if any of them actually have ties with the FLQ. Though it is deemed harsh, it is a policy that gains real results, as the police are able to capture the three FLQ members who had escaped on November 6.

Nov. 27: The Premier of Quebec, Bourrassa, is killed in a car bomb explosion. As a result of the FLQ becoming more and more extreme, they begin to lose the support that they had initially enjoyed. International coverage of the crisis puts pressure on Canada to resolve the situation. Joint military and police operations become more violent as they try to end the unknown number of FLQ cells across Quebec.

Nov 30: The Soviet Union in order to deflect the mass belief that the FLQ were Soviet agents forged papers to make the FLQ look like it was part of a CIA false flag operation. Due to leaks by the local papers, many Canadians including the Prime Minister have suspicions of the United States.

Dec. 3: In the most brazen attack of the entire crisis, the FLQ decide they must attack the 'fascist oppressors' at Parliament Hill. As Pierre Trudeau is speaking with a CBC reporter, a young man steps towards him, pulls out a pistol, and fires two rounds at him (one in the head), before shooting himself. Trudeau is put in critical condition with his life facing a likely end. The whole spectacle had been caught on camera and played across Canada and around the world.

What happens from here on out? What could happen next? What do you imagine as the significance and changes from the OTL? What is the international effect? What happens to Quebec separatism from here on?
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