Claim
Claim 889
Free speech was restricted and anyone critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.
- Statement
- Free speech was restricted and anyone critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.
- Field
- effect_on_reporting
- Value
- Free speech restricted
- Source
- War Measures Act
- Publisher
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
Quotation from the source
As a result, free speech was restricted. Any person critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.