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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 was a Parliament of Canada statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers, stopping short of martial law, i.e., the military did not administer justice, which remained in the hands of the courts. The act was invoked three times: During World War I, World War II, and the October Crisis of 1970.
Public Health Act [24] [25] British Columbia: Emergency Program Act and Public Health Act [18] [26] Manitoba: Emergency Measures Act [27] New Brunswick: Emergency Measures Act [26] [28] Newfoundland and Labrador: Public Health Protection and Promotion Act [26] Nova Scotia: Health Protection Act [29] [30] Ontario [b] Emergency Management and ...
In 1983, the NAJC mounted a major campaign for redress which demanded, among other things, a formal government apology, individual compensation, and the abolition of the War Measures Act. [87] Born in Canada, brought up on big-band jazz, Fred Astaire and the novels of Henry Rider Haggard, I had perceived myself to be as Canadian as the beaver ...
The conflicting interests, then, against the backdrop of ongoing socio-cultural change in Canada, demanded close analysis. The October Crisis and the use of the War Measures Act led to an official critical review of the security and intelligence situation in Canada called the Royal Commission on Security, chaired by Maxwell Mackenzie.