1973 in Quebec

This page relates to the year 1973 Gregorian Calendrier.

Chronology of the history of Quebec

1972 in Quebec - 1973 - 1974 in Quebec

Events

January 14th: Gabriel Loubier announces that the Unit-Quebec party takes again its name of National union.

January 25th: Pierre Trudeau confirms that the federal government will not grant any financial aid to the Olympic Games.

February 1st: Beginning of the audiences of the Board of inquiry into organized crime (CECO).

February 4th: Congress with the direction of the Rallying creditist. Yvon Dupuis is elected chief after 3 ballots. Its adversary Armand Boies does not join and shows even the new chief to be subsidized by people of the organized crime.

February 14th: Claire Kirkland-Casgrain is withdrawn. François Cloutier becomes Minister for the cultural Affairs, Maurice Tessier public Minister for Labor, Victor Goldbloom Minister for the municipal Businesses and Oswald Parent Minister for the Public office.

March 10th: Left the film I have my voyage! of Denis Héroux.

March 15th: At the time of its opening speech of the session, Robert Bourassa announces the creation of the Council of the statute of the woman.

March 21st: At the time of an audience of the CECO, William O' Bront, financier montréalais recognized like one of the tycoons of the underworld montréalaise, states to have contributed to the electoral case of the Liberal party in 1970.

March 29th: The budget Garneau announces expenditure of more than $5 billion for 1973-1974. The discounted incomes are of $4,84 billion.

April 29th: Three super-lines of the Hydro-Quebec of 735,000 volts crumble under the glaze, making for more than $5 million damage.

May 1st: Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, journalist of the Owe specialized in the questions of the organized crime, is victim of an attack in full newspaper office. It is wounded of one ball to the front armlever.

May 15th: The three trade-union chiefs leave prison.

June 14th: Quebec approves the construction project of a deep water port intended for the tankers in the Low-Saint-Laurent. The site considered is that of Large-Cacouna.

July 5th: Discusses with the National Assembly on the relations which Pierre Laporte with the Mafia would have had.

July 17th: Jacques Rose is finally recognized guilty of complicity in the removal of Pierre Laporte.

July 27th: Announces that Radio-Quebec will diffuse on UHF starting from the end of 1974.

August 5th: Reports/ratios of GRC confirm that the underworld contributed to the electoral case of Pierre Laporte at the time of the congress to the cheffery of the PLQ in 1970.

August 11th: Power Corporation becomes purchaser of the Montreal-Morning .

August 16th: Claude Castonguay announces his next withdrawal of the political life.

September 26th: Robert Bourassa announces general elections for on October 29th. The CECO ceases its audiences, the time of the electoral campaign.

October 8th: At the time of an electoral visit with Saint-Eustace, Robert Bourassa is accommodated by demonstrators protesting against expropriations of Holy-Scholastique.

October 9th: The Parti Québécois presents to the press a Budget of Year 1 , which would be the first following a possible declaration of independence. The expenditure would reach $11.5 billion and the surplus would be of $181 million. There would be cuts in Defense and the Foreign affairs and 45% of the appropriations would be devoted to the industrial relations policy.

October 29th: The Liberal party gains a bright victory with the general elections, obtaining 54.7% of the voices and making elect 102 deputies over a possibility of 110. PQ sees its vote climbing from 23% to 30.2% but gains only 6 counties and Camille Laurin is not even re-elected. The Rallying creditist, with 10% of the vote, makes elect two deputies, Camil Samson and Fabien Roy. The National union, with 4.9% of the votes, is striped chart.

November 13rd: The new government of Robert Bourassa is sworn in. The new ministers are Denis Hardy (cultural Affairs), Claude Forget (social Affairs) and Raymond Mailloux (public Transport, Travaux and Provisioning).

November 15th: Following a request of the Cries of New Quebec, the Superior court enjoint the Company of Development of the Bay James to block his work with the Bay James. This one wants to try to make break the judgment in Court of Appeal.

November 18th: Announces that Jacques-Yvan Morin will be the new chief of the official opposition to the National Assembly.

November 22nd: The Court of Appeal suspends the injunction. Work begins again with the James Bay.

November 27th: The CECO takes again its audiences. It is learned there that the supposed godfather of the Maffia montréalaise names Vincent Cotroni known as Vic .

November 28th: The Cries go in Supreme court to try to break the payment of the Court of Appeal.

December 9th: At the time of a new congress creditist, Camil Samson and Fabien Roy decide to start again the party. The name of Yvon Dupuis is not even marked there.

December 21st: The Supreme court confirms the decision of the Court of Appeal. Work can continue with the James Bay.

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