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5 unusual facts about Oka Crisis


Oka Crisis

It was later re-released on their 1998 compilation album Where Quantity Is Job Number 1.

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These remarks inflamed tempers that had been running especially high from comments preceding this crisis, including those by federal Member of Parliament for Chateauguay, Ricardo Lopez.

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Robin Philpot wrote a book about English Canada's use of the crisis as a political tool following the failed Meech Lake Accord: Oka: dernier alibi du Canada anglais (1991).

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The Chief of the Defence Staff, General John de Chastelain, placed Quebec-based troops in support of the provincial authorities; some 2,500 regular and reserve troops from the 34 and 35 Canadian Brigade Groups and 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group were put on notice.

Rhythm Activism

On several occasions, the band recorded and released albums on just a few days' notice, to support political activist campaigns such as the Oka Crisis of 1990 and a Quebec students' strike.



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