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The War Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures de guerre; 5 George V, Chap. 2) [1] was a statute of the Parliament of Canada that provided for the declaration of war, invasion, or insurrection, and the types of emergency measures that could thereby be taken.
At the time, opinion polls in Quebec and the rest of Canada showed overwhelming support for the War Measures Act; [29] [30] in a December 1970 Gallup Poll, it was noted that 89% of English-speaking Canadians and 86% of French-speaking Canadians supported the introduction of the War Measures Act. They respectively showed 6% and 9% disapproval ...
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The extreme security measures permitted by the regulations included the waiving of habeas corpus and the right to trial, internment, bans on certain political and cultural groups, restrictions of free speech including the banning of certain publications, and the confiscation of property.
The War Measures Act under which the Regulations were made was in force until 31 December 1945, following which the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945 [19] continued specified regulations until 31 March 1947. The Continuation of Transitional Measures Act, 1947 [20] extended the regulations until 30 April 1951.
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The Wartime Prices and Trade Board is a former Canadian government agency, established on September 3, 1939, by the Mackenzie King government, under the authority of the War Measures Act, in the Department of Labour responsible for price controls and inflation control.
Those affected by the War Measures Act and Defence of Canada Regulations were forced to register with the RCMP and report to them on a monthly basis. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] Between 1940 and 1943, around 600 to 700 Italian-Canadian men were arrested and sent to internment camps as potentially dangerous "enemy aliens" with alleged fascist connections.