On August 15, 2011, after nearly five years of stale-mate in negotiations between the government and Wilfred Ikor Faction rebels, and with the tide of political opinion shifting against the Ikois republic, the Canadian federal government, in collaboration with the Quebec provincial authorities, launched a decisive "police action" against Valcourt and Kamstin. After rapidly overwhelming the local militias and capturing most civic leaders, the Quebec government declared that order was being restored, and reconstruction efforts would begin immediately after all "militant activities have been halted". In the months that followed, sporadic resistance and armed skirmishes continued, and the militant leadership of the WIF went underground, swearing to retaliate and to liberate Ikory from the oppression of the Canadians.
During the lead-up to the action, several prominent supporters who had been travelling and working outside Ikory were arrested, including film-maker Nicéphore Fernand. In collaboration with international bodies, most bank transfers that had been going to the Ikois administration had been frozen, and the Ikois-Vermont corridor supply line cut off.
The action was touted as a major success on the part of the new majority Conservative government of Canada.
Effective as of December 1, 2011, the Wilfred Ikor Faction was formally banned in the province of Quebec, and, ten days later, it was announced that the former leader of the movement, Charlie Amis, had been captured in a morning raid. Amis is currently being held on a security certificate at an undisclosed location, pending trial.