The War Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures de guerre; 5 George V, Chap. 2) was a statute of the Parliament of Canada that provided for the declaration...

the War Measures Act. Parliament intended it to provide more civil rights protections and less likelihood for abuse of power than the War Measures Act. A...

residence. These events saw the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history during peacetime. The Premier...

The War Measures Act 1942 was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa which empowered the Minister of Labour to intervene in any dispute designated as...

Weights and measures acts are acts of the British Parliament determining the regulation of weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary...

Trudeau replied "Well, just watch me." Three days later, he invoked the War Measures Act, which led to police action against many Quebec dissidents and great...

He was noted as being the main opposition to the imposition of the War Measures Act during the 1970 October Crisis. He resigned as leader the next year...

Pierre Laporte. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau responded by invoking the War Measures Act. Despite having provided good intelligence to law enforcement agencies...

government would invoke the War Measures Act, the first time the country used these powers during peacetime. Invoking the War Measures Act was a politically risky...

interventionist by passing the War Measures Act which gave the government extraordinary powers. To increase government revenue to fund the war effort, Borden's government...