In 1970, Paul Rose was a 27-year-old teacher involved in a number of social justice causes. He joined the FLQ and became part of the Chénier cell, which kidnapped and murdered provincial government minister Pierre Laporte. Sentenced to life in prison in March 1971, he spent 11 years behind bars, waging a battle to improve the conditions of his incarceration. After his conditional release in 1982, he became a union organizer and devoted his energy to promoting Quebec sovereignty and leftist ideas. Although he was forbidden from running for office, he was one of the founders of the Parti de la démocratie socialiste du Québec, one of the forerunners of Québec solidaire. He died in 2013.
