. "1947-03-24"^^ . . . . . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t"@fr . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "394895"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1016707690"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "writer"@en . . . . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t (n\u00E9e le 24 mars 1947 \u00E0 Montr\u00E9al) \u00E9tait membre du Front de Lib\u00E9ration du Qu\u00E9bec (FLQ) en 1970."@fr . . . . . . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t (n\u00E9e le 24 mars 1947 \u00E0 Montr\u00E9al) \u00E9tait membre du Front de Lib\u00E9ration du Qu\u00E9bec (FLQ) en 1970."@fr . . . . . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t (born March 24, 1947) is a Canadian convicted kidnapper and writer. Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lanct\u00F4t is a political activist for the cause of Quebec independence from Canada. Louise Lanct\u00F4t was an active member of the Rassemblement pour l'ind\u00E9pendance nationale political party that later merged with the Parti Qu\u00E9b\u00E9cois. She was also a member of the Front de lib\u00E9ration du Qu\u00E9bec (FLQ) and is the sister of convicted kidnapper Jacques Lanct\u00F4t, and was married to Jacques Cossette-Trudel who joined the FLQ with her. During what became known as the October Crisis, as a member of the Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Louise Lanct\u00F4t along with her brother Jacques Lanct\u00F4t, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau put their plans into action. They carried out an armed abduction of James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner to Canada, from his Montreal home as part of their violent attempt to overthrow the elected government and to establish a socialist Quebec state independent of Canada. On October 10, Chenier Cell leader Paul Rose and his brother, Jacques Rose along with Bernard Lortie and Francis Simard, kidnapped and then murdered Quebec Vice Premier and Cabinet Minister Pierre Laporte. Believing many others would follow in an uprising, the goal of the FLQ was to create an independent state based on the ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Lanct\u00F4t, with the help of her husband and other members of the \"Liberation Cell,\" held James Cross hostage, taking his photo and sending it to police with a list of demands that included money and the release of other convicts. They advised authorities that Cross would be executed and further threats to Cross' life were delivered to several radio stations along with their demands. Early in December 1970, police discovered the location of Louise Lanct\u00F4t and her fellow kidnappers holding James Cross. His release was negotiated and on December 3, 1970, Lanct\u00F4t with her husband and child, plus the three other known members of her cell, were granted their request for safe passage to Cuba by the Government of Canada after approval by Castro. Although Lanct\u00F4t and her friends who wanted to go to Cuba were exiled from Canada for life, they were later found in France. For four years, Louise Lanct\u00F4t lived in La Courneuve in \u00CEle-de-France. Over the years, all of the Front de lib\u00E9ration du Qu\u00E9bec members wanted to return to Canada and began secret negotiations through the reigning government Parti Qu\u00E9b\u00E9cois to achieve that goal. On October 13, 1977, Quebec Premier Ren\u00E9 L\u00E9vesque announced he was considering a request for a pardon for Louise Lanct\u00F4t and her husband. Eventually, the federal government consented. On her return to Montreal on December 13, she pleaded guilty at trial and was sentenced to two years in jail for her part in the kidnapping. She was freed on parole after serving eight months, following which she received Quebec government financial assistance (just as any other citizen is eligible for) to attend the Universit\u00E9 du Qu\u00E9bec \u00E0 Montr\u00E9al, where she received a degree in communications in 1982 and continued on to doctoral studies in human sciences. Divorced from her husband, during the times when the Parti Qu\u00E9b\u00E9cois has been in government, she has been employed by numerous Quebec government-funded institutions, including as a researcher for the Coll\u00E8ge de Maisonneuve, the Universit\u00E9 du Qu\u00E9bec \u00E0 Montr\u00E9al, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Universit\u00E9 de Montr\u00E9al health administration department, and the \"Ordre des infirmi\u00E8res et infirmiers du Qu\u00E9bec\". The author of several books, Louise Lanct\u00F4t is a member of the Quebec Writers Union."@en . . "7016"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Louise Lanct\u00F4t (born March 24, 1947) is a Canadian convicted kidnapper and writer. Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lanct\u00F4t is a political activist for the cause of Quebec independence from Canada. Louise Lanct\u00F4t was an active member of the Rassemblement pour l'ind\u00E9pendance nationale political party that later merged with the Parti Qu\u00E9b\u00E9cois. She was also a member of the Front de lib\u00E9ration du Qu\u00E9bec (FLQ) and is the sister of convicted kidnapper Jacques Lanct\u00F4t, and was married to Jacques Cossette-Trudel who joined the FLQ with her."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1947-03-24"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Montreal, Quebec, Canada"@en . "1947"^^ . . . . . . . .