The Canadian People's National Police - Quebec Division Special Group, known simply as Special Group (French: Groupe Spécial) was an extrajudicial, paramilitary secret police organization within the state police force in Quebec during Communist rule. The Special Group did not officially exist and was tasked with investigating anti-Communist and sovereigntist organizations and assassinating their leadership, leading it to be classified as a "Death Squad." As a secretive organization of an already oppressive state police, the Special Group was never recognized and many senior Ottawa officials, including Premiers Pierre Trudeau and John Turner, were never made aware of its existence. The Special Group was organized by Governor of Quebec John Paul Harney in 1973 in response to the rise of the