Jacques Rose Explained

Jacques Rose (born 1947) is a Québécois nationalist who was a member of the Chénier Cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), along with his brother Paul Rose, who led the cell.^{[1] [2]}

The Chénier cell of the FLQ kidnapped Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte in October 1970, as part of events that came to be known as the October Crisis. Laporte's strangled body was found in the trunk of a car on October 17.^{[1] [3]}

Jacques Rose was convicted in 1973 of being an accessory after the fact^[4] before being released on parole in 1978.^{[1] [5]} Rose remained politically active after his release, running twice as a provincial candidate and actively campaigning with his brother Paul for the pro-independence "Yes" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum, before eventually retiring from his job as a carpenter.

Sources

• Book: Fournier, Louis . French . FLQ Histoire d'un mouvement clandestin . Lanctôt éditeur . Montréal . 1998 . 978-2-89485-073-2.
• Book: Leroux, Manon . French . Les Silences d'octobre : le discours des acteurs de la crise de 1970 . VLB éditeur . 2002 . 978-2-89005-810-1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wyatt. Nelson . Alexandre . Robillard . FLQ terrorist Paul Rose dies at age 69. The Toronto Star . The Canadian Press . 10 July 2017 . 14 March 2013.
2. Web site: Jacques Rose Acquitted Historica Canada. www.historicacanada.ca. en. 2018-09-18.
3. Web site: This is the farmhouse where Jacques Rose; his brother Paul and Francis Simard were arrested yesterday. Police said they cornered the three in a dugout under the basement and after hours of negotiations the men finally surrendered without a shot being fired. After he came out; Paul Rose made a short political speech and declared he was a political prisoner and a member of the lost generation. The men are now being held in a provincial police jail. : Virtual Reference Library. Toronto Public Library. en. 2018-09-18.
4. Book: Janke. Peter . Terrorism and Democracy: Some Contemporary Cases . 2014 . Palgrave Macmillan . 9781349124541 . 935188729 . Canada and the FLQ . 72 . https://books.google.com/books?id=bN2xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72. 10 July 2017.
5. News: Francis Simard, FLQ member convicted of murder, dead at 67. 10 July 2017. CBC News. January 15, 2015.