“This was the most depressing time I had in my whole political life.” — Marc Lalonde, former Liberal Cabinet Minister (1972-1984)

In the 1960s, Quebec was changing rapidly. It was called a “Quiet Revolution” as economic and social change rippled through the province. The pace of change was not fast enough for a small radical element in Quebec. It wanted nothing less than an independent, socialist Quebec. In 1963, a group of those young radicals formed the Front de Liberation du Quebec, the FLQ. It took up arms and began a seven-year campaign of violence.

Between 1963 and 1970, the separatist FLQ planted deadly bombs and kidnapped a Quebec cabinet minister. Lloyd Robertson interviews the main players who recall the violence that occurred on Canadian soil, 50 years ago, during the FLQ Crisis.