In the period of collapse of both the short-lived theocratic state in North Quebec, and the quasi-Anarchist peasant communes of South Quebec, Quebec has been disorganized and chaotic. The new war between the Canadians and New England have only exacerbated the issue. Arising from his slumber, however, is a man with a plan. That man is Maurice Duplessis. The often-dictatorial former Premier of Quebec has returned to the spotlight. With him is his party, the Union Nationale. The party, heavily radicalized by the threat of NERC communism, has come even further under the grasp of Duplessis.

Earlier in 1958, Duplessis and the U.N. leadership formed a paramilitary of radical Quebecois regionalists and anti-communists loyal to Duplessis known as the Milice volontaire pour la sécurité nationale (Voluntary Militia for National Security). Armed and radical, Duplessis placed a WW2 veteran and Duplessis loyalist named Télesphore Daigle in charge of the organization. On April 19, the M.V.S.N. took control of the town of Chicoutimi, with U.N. members in the city inviting Maurice Duplessis to establish a new Quebecois government for the entire province. Duplessis arrived in Chicoutimi on April 25, establishing the Gouvernement de salut national panquébécois with himself as Premier. A few days later, Premier Duplessis and the Union nationale published the three-point Programme de salut national:

• Liberation of the entirety of Quebec from communism, liberalism, and Anglo-Saxonism
• Defense of the Roman Catholic Church and its establishment as the natural faith of Quebec
• Defense of the French language Quebecois autonomy and sovereignty from federal encroachment.

The new Duplessis government would soon re-establish the Sûreté du Québec, this time much more heavily armed. The new SQ would include a land branch, air branch, and naval branch.

Throughout the remainder of 1958 until July, the MVSN and SQ would sweep through the rest of Quebec, even landing across the Saint-Laurent to take parts of South Quebec. Various Communists and other anti-Duplessis elements have been arrested by the SQ and MVSN, with more minor Quebecois parties either voluntarily or forcefully merged into the UN. The new Quebec has become a de-facto one party state under Duplessis, though he has promised new elections once the Gouvernement de salut national panquébécois has been dissolved following the full unification of the province under one government.

The health of Maurice Duplessis has been in decline, with fears amongst the U.N that Le Chef will soon depart this world. Already, various of Duplessis’ lieutenants in the U.N. have begun to stake out a future chance at leadership. Paul Sauvé, Télesphore Daigle, and Antonio Barrette. Anti-Duplessis nationalists like Pierre Dansereau, Lionel Groulx, André Laurendeau, have themselves opportunistically joined the M.V.S.N. and U.N. in an attempt to oppose Duplessis as his health deteriorates, hoping to propell themselves into a leadership position following his clearly impending demise. Despite their strict opposition to Duplessis, the ideology of Father Groulx and Laurendeau have a striking similarity to the rest of the U.N, including a pro-Catholic, heavily nationalist, and authoritarian viewpoint.

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