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Checkpoints slow separatist boss, Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally
Checkpoints slow separatist boss, Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally

Checkpoints slow separatist boss, Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally

Date10/10/1964
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Original Toronto Star caption: Checkpoints slow separatist boss; Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally.
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Checkpoints slow separatist boss, Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally
Checkpoints slow separatist boss, Quebec separatist leader Pierre Bourgault (left) stands by while police search his car for explosives and weapons while he was travelling to Quebec City for rally
10/10/1964
Separatist leader Pierre Bourgault speaking in hull, We discovered Saturday that there is no democracy in Quebec
Separatist leader Pierre Bourgault speaking in hull, We discovered Saturday that there is no democracy in Quebec
10/16/1964
Tense moments: An explosives-seeking robot opens a car door while below, police help a bomb disposal officer with his heavy suit
Tense moments: An explosives-seeking robot opens a car door while below, police help a bomb disposal officer with his heavy suit
3/18/1992
Pierre Bourgault: Separatist leader has spent summer calling for Levesque's resignation
Pierre Bourgault: Separatist leader has spent summer calling for Levesque's resignation
11/10/1977
Constitutional Solution: Ivano Veilone stands near Toronto billboard today advertising Quebec separatist group's solution to Canada's constitutional crisis ? a sovereign Quebec
Constitutional Solution: Ivano Veilone stands near Toronto billboard today advertising Quebec separatist group's solution to Canada's constitutional crisis ? a sovereign Quebec
3/4/1992
Pierre Bourgault, Separatist fights anarchy
Pierre Bourgault, Separatist fights anarchy
10/7/1967
In poor favor with Quebec's young and militant separatists is Rene Levesque (left), a separatist leader who was not at the St. Jean Baptiste Day riots(...)
In poor favor with Quebec's young and militant separatists is Rene Levesque (left), a separatist leader who was not at the St. Jean Baptiste Day riots(...)
6/11/1965
Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment
Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment
7/29/1984
Separatist Support, Some polls back the contention of Parti Quebecois Leader Jacques Parizeau, left, that Quebecers' support for sovereignty is holding steady, while other polls show a drop
Separatist Support, Some polls back the contention of Parti Quebecois Leader Jacques Parizeau, left, that Quebecers' support for sovereignty is holding steady, while other polls show a drop
12/12/1990
Quebec separatists greeted de Gaulle with cheers and banners after he landed at Quebec City from a French cruiser at the start of 1967 Canadian visit that ended abruptly with Quebec Libre speech
Quebec separatists greeted de Gaulle with cheers and banners after he landed at Quebec City from a French cruiser at the start of 1967 Canadian visit that ended abruptly with Quebec Libre speech
11/10/1970
Premier wood carver of the Quebec village of Saint-Jean Port Joli, Jean Julien Bourgault works on a bust while his granddaughter, Natalie, 7, watches.(...)
Premier wood carver of the Quebec village of Saint-Jean Port Joli, Jean Julien Bourgault works on a bust while his granddaughter, Natalie, 7, watches.(...)
6/7/1973
Difficult decision: As he worries about when to call an election, Premier Rene Levesque is doing a juggling act the likes of which is rare even in the byzantine world of Quebec politics - projecting himself simultaneously as a good Canadian and as a sincere separatist
Difficult decision: As he worries about when to call an election, Premier Rene Levesque is doing a juggling act the likes of which is rare even in the byzantine world of Quebec politics - projecting himself simultaneously as a good Canadian and as a sincere separatist
5/20/1980