# Did France covertly support Quebec separatists?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-france-covertly-support-quebec-separatists/236235>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 25, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-france-covertly-support-quebec-separatists/236235 "2004-03-25T00:36:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-france-covertly-support-quebec-separatists/236235/1 "2004-03-25T00:36:08Z")

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This site claims that “Operation Ascot” was a France covert program to encourage separatism is Quebec (The link isn’t working so I cached the page. All the article’s comma are shown as periods for some reason.)

[http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:AMHWx\_pV9w8J:www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/printer\_4983.shtml+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8](http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:AMHWx_pV9w8J:www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/printer_4983.shtml+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

I read a book regarding the extensive covert operations Foccart and the SDECE engineered in francophone Africa, but I hadn’t heard anything regarding activities in Canada. Could anyone validate this information?