Now that we’ve covered the old War Measures Act and experienced the Emergencies Act, there is one more Act we might like to consider. That’s An Act to establish the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). It provides the guidelines for …
On October 16, 1970, Pierre Elliott Trudeau activated the Canadian War Measures Act as requested by Quebec authorities because of the kidnapping of James Cross and Pierre Laport by the FLQ. The former was the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal, …
Not to be outdone by his father, Pierre, Justin Trudeau has evoked the Emergencies Act over the truckers strike. The Emergencies Act replaced the War Measures Act in 1988 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Parliament was supposed to debate this …