War Measures Act
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war-measures-act-182-17401027
title:
War Measures Act
text:
The War Measures Act 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. The Act was brought into force three times in Canadian history: during the First World War, Second World War, and the 1970 October Crisis. The Act was questioned for its suspension of civil liberties and personal freedoms, including only for Ukrainians and other Europeans during Canada's first national
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encyclopedia
description:
Canadian legislation which provided the government emergency powers (1914–88)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Measures_Act
date created:
2003-02-19T15:13:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T16:52:37Z
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