Bernard Lortie

Bernard Lortie (born c.1951) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a member of the Chenier Cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group who were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberiers in the Province of Quebec. Image File history File links BernardLortieterrorist. ... Image File history File links BernardLortieterrorist. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Chénier Cell was a Montreal-based cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became known as the October Crisis. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a Nationalist terrorist group founded in the 1960s that was part of the Quebec sovereignty movement. ... A terrorist organisation is an organisation that engages in terrorist tactics, they are also (perhaps more neutrally) referred to as militant organisations. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ...

During what became known as the October Crisis, on October 5, 1970 members of the FLQ's Liberation Cell kidnapped the British Trade Commissioner James Cross, from his Montreal home as part of a violent attempt to overthrow the elected government and to establish a socialist Quebec state independent of Canada. On October 10, Bernard Lortie, along with Chenier Cell leader Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard, kidnapped and then murdered Quebec Vice Premier and Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte. Believing many others would follow in an uprising, their goal was to create an independent state based on the ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Military cordon in support of police taking surrender of terrorist Liberation cell, December 3, 1970 The October Crisis was a series of dramatic events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings in the province of Quebec, Canada, in October 1970, which ultimately resulted in a brief invocation of the War Measures Act... The Liberation Cell was a Montreal-based cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became known as the October Crisis. ... James Richard Cross (September 29, 1921) was a British diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis of October 1970. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Portrait of Paul Rose from 1990. ... Jacques Rose of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was a member of the Chenier cell of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). ... Francis Simard Francis Simard, born 1946, of Montreal, Quebec, was a member of the Chenier Cell of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ). ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front). ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has held the highest political seat in Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. ...

On November 6, 1970, Bernard Lortie was arrested when the police raided the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell. Although the other three members escaped the raid, they were later captured in St-Luc, Quebec in late December. All four members were charged with the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte. For his part in the kidnapping and murder, Bernard Lortie was sentenced to 20 years in jail. He was granted parole by the Canadian Parole Board after seven years. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... The Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front), commonly known as the FLQ, was a separatist group founded in the 1960s and based primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Pierre Laporte (February 25, 1921 - October 1970), was a Canadian politician who was assassinated by members of the terrorist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (Quebec Liberation Front). ...