Serge Mongeau is a physician, writer, publisher and politician from Quebec. He is one of the best-known Canadian advocates of simple living.
Serge Mongeau in 2010
The October Crisis 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 provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. These events saw the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history during peacetime.
Troop movements during the surrender of the Chenier Cell
A mailbox in Montreal bearing the graffiti FLQ oui (FLQ yes) in July 1971. The FLQ conducted several bombings of post boxes which typically bore a decal of the royal coat of arms of Canada.
Canadian Forces stand guard in downtown Montreal. (Image: Montreal Gazette October 18, 1970)
Canadian Forces bomb disposal robot from the Canadian War Museum, used during the October Crisis