War Measures Act

• ‘Shameful point in history’: New Calgary monument tells story of WWI internment camps

  Calgary's Ukrainian community unveils an exhibit marking Canada’s First World War internment operations

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2023
  
• Emergencies Act not needed in Quebec, premier tells Trudeau

  Quebec Premier François Legault maintained on Monday that the Emergencies Act should only be applied in provinces where premiers request it.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2022
  
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• Trudeau government set to apologize to Italian Canadians for war internment

  Albertans are responding to the federal government's plan to apologize to Italian Canadians arrested in Canada during WW2.

  Canada

  May 26, 2021
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• Bloc Québécois leader demands apology from Trudeau for War Measures Act, passed 50 years ago

  The legislation remains controversial 50 years after its passage during the October Crisis in Quebec.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2020
• ‘A tragedy for Quebec’: Pierre Laporte’s death remembered 50 years later

  The events of the 1970 October Crisis, including the abductions of Laporte and British diplomat James Cross and the federal government's decision to suspend civil liberties by invoking the War Measures Act, remain a dark period in the country's history.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2020