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  "title": "War Measures Act",
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      "statement": "Cabinet invoked the War Measures Act again for the Second World War.",
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      "statement": "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.",
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      "statement": "The Defence of Canada Regulations were implemented on September 3, 1939.",
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      "statement": "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.",
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      "statement": "Free speech was restricted and anyone critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.",
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      "id": 890,
      "statement": "Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940 and interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government conscription policy.",
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      "statement": "The wartime Regulations were replaced by similar legislation on December 31, 1945.",
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