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Montreal Massacre: Were firearms too easy to acquire?
For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's École Polytechnique and killed 14 women. Marc Lepine, 25, separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed, "I hate feminists." Almost immediately, the Montreal Massacre became a galvanizing moment in which mourning turned into outrage about all violence against women.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: Dec. 6, 1999
Guest(s): Therese Daviault, Jack Layton, Robert Philippe
Host: Peter Mansbridge
Reporter: Tom Kennedy
Duration: 2:50
Last updated: December 5, 2012
Page consulted on May 23, 2013
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Barbara Frum interviews one student who survived the shooting.
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Students in Toronto worry that the killing of 14 women by an anti-femi...
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The gunman fits a mass murderer's profile of revenge and hatred toward...
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Group at University of Toronto call massacre act of hatred against wom...
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Rifle popular with SWAT teams and vermin hunters.
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Lepine's lab partner says he gave her orders.
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An engineering student who survived the massacre watches the
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Two months after the Montreal Massacre, universities re-examine an eng...
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Letter reveals Lepine had an "extreme hatred of women."
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A group of men in London, Ont. wear symbols to show their opposition t...
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Petitions started after the atrocity help Bill C-17 pass through Parli...
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Nathalie Provost, who was shot during the Montreal Massacre, reflects ...
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The inaugurating ceremony of Place du 6 décembre at l'École Polytechni...
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A report on gun control 10 years after the massacre.
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In 2006, Monique Lepine discusses what it's like to be the mother of s...
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An enraged man enters a Montreal university and opens fire on female e...
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For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors ...