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Victory by '67. Aside from the ALQ terrorists, several organizations have been formed in recent years, drawing a few thousand supporters whose fanaticism alarms the more moderate nationalists. Says René Lévesque, Quebec's Minister of Natural Resources and a longtime champion of French rights: "There are men behind me who make me feel nervous."
Last fall a new monthly magazine called Parti Pris (Option Taken) appeared in Montreal, offering poetry and revolution; after five issues, it has a circulation of 3,500. "Quebec society has entered a revolutionary phase," declared Issue No. 1. "It is ready to take all means, not excluding violence."
Equally shrill is the Nationalist Independence Rally, once headed by Marcel Chaput, 45, a former government biochemist. Several months ago, Chaput embarked on a 34-day Gandhi-like fast and raised $100,000 for the separatist movement that he confidently predicts will win out before Canada reaches its centennial of Confederation in 1967. Last week Dr. Chaput drew angry cries of treason after he issued a warning to Queen Elizabeth, who plans to visit Canada next October. "Some of my people," he said, "are ready to let her know—and brutally—that she is no longer welcome in French Canada."
Despite threats and occasional bombs, the Canadian Confederation is certainly in no real or immediate danger. But Quebec separatism is no longer idle talk.