Source
War Measures Act
The Canadian Encyclopedia
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- reference
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- 2026-09-26
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- Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations
- Claim 884: Cabinet invoked the War Measures Act again for the Second World War.
- Claim 885: The War Measures Act took effect on August 25, 1939, one week before Canada's own declaration of war, and Cabinet used it to bring in the Defence of Canada Regulations.
- Claim 886: The Defence of Canada Regulations were implemented on September 3, 1939.
- Claim 887: The Regulations gave authorities power to review and restrict 325 newspapers and periodicals and to ban more than 30 organizations, including the Communist Party of Canada.
- Claim 888: The Regulations let the Minister of Justice detain, without due process, anyone who acted in a manner prejudicial to public safety or the safety of the state.
- Claim 889: Free speech was restricted and anyone critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.
- Claim 890: Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940 and interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government conscription policy.
- Claim 892: The wartime Regulations were replaced by similar legislation on December 31, 1945.
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