Editing Marcel Chaput (section)

=== Foundation of the RIN ===
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After reading "Où va le Canada français? L'exercice de la pleine souveraineté est essentiel à l'épanouissement du Québec"<ref group=B>Where is French Canada going? The exercise of full sovereignty is essential to the blooming of Quebec</ref> by [[Raymond Barbeau]], interviewed by [[Jean-Marc Léger]] in ''Le Devoir'', Chaput was determined to enter into contact with Barbeau, founder of the [[Alliance laurentienne]]. Chaput invited Barbeau to hold a conference in Hull on August 28, 1959, in an old parish room of the Notre-Dame Church. Some twenty people were present. Chaput met André D'Allemagne at this time. Barbeau invited Chaput to give a short speech in the Saint-Stanislas room of Montréal on September 13, 1959 as part of a soirée organized to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]].<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 6">{{harvsp|Côté|1979|loc=chap. 6}}.</ref>

During that period, although his patriotic and charitable activities were numerous,<ref group=B>In his native region of Outaouais of which Hull is one of the main towns, he founded or lead several organizations: the [[Alliance française]] chapter of the Ottawa-Hull region, the Institut des sciences, the Société des conférences, the [[Emmaus (charity)|Emmaüs Movement]], etc. — Chaput 2007, p. 254</ref> his militant activity for independence was limited to writing letters in newspapers on the topic of the hour. He wanted to do much more. He wrote a memoir to the attention of the ''chancellerie'' of the [[Ordre de Jacques Cartier]] (OJC), a secret organization of which he was a member. In response to Chaput's initiative, [[Pierre Vigeant]], editorialist at ''[[Le Devoir]]'' and ''grand chancelier'' of the OJC, created a study committee on the question of independence of Quebec. Chaput was part of a group of five commissioners who gathered in Montreal in December 1959 and January 1960. As secretary to the commission, Chaput wrote the final report which concluded that French Canadians enjoy the [[right to self-determination]] and that members of the OJC should feel free to support independence if such was their political conviction.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 6" /> The direction of the OJC however remained closed to the idea of independence. On March 17, 1961, he was expelled from the secret organization after having insisted on learning the position of the Order on constitutional and political matters.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 6" />

On May 7, 1960, Chaput presided a meeting that received Raymond Barbeau as speaker at the Le Grenier theatre in Hull. Following the meeting, there were discussions on the possibility to form a Club Laurentie in Hull, but after reflecting on the matter for a while the small group of independence supporters in Hull decided to remain autonomous.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 6" />

On September 10, 1960, he took part with 20 other people to the foundation of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN) which took place at the Auberge Le Châtelet in [[Morin Heights]] in the [[Laurentides]]. He was elected vice president of the RIN.<ref group=A name="Chaput, p. 254" />

After having participated in the organizing of a parade for independence in the streets of Montreal which took place on February 11, 1961, he gave a conference entitled ''Le Canada français à l'heure de la décision''<ref group=B>French Canada at the Hour of Decision</ref> as part of a public meeting held at the [[Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal|Gesù]] on April 4, 1961, during a [[Stanley Cup]] semi-final.<ref group="B">Montreal lost 3 to 0 against Chicago and was taken out of the playoff [http://notrehistoire.canadiens.com/season/1960-1961]</ref> The RIN rejoiced at being able to fill up a room under such circumstances. [[Pierre Bourgault]] also gave a speech that night.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 7">{{harvsp|Côté|1979|loc=chap. 7}}.</ref>

On May 23, 1961, he again spoke as part of a public meeting organized by the RIN, this time at the Ermitage in Montreal. His conference was entitled ''Quand deux nationalismes s'affrontent''.<ref group=A name="Côté, chap. 7" /><ref group=B>When Two Nationalisms Face Each Other</ref>