An act to confer certain powers upon the Governor in Council and to amend the immigration act (the "War Measures Act")
Title
An act to confer certain powers upon the Governor in Council and to amend the immigration act (the "War Measures Act")
Subject
Canada, history, Japanese Canadians, Japanese internment, War Measures Act
Description
The War Measures Act is a Canadian Statute, first introduced in 1914. The purpose of the Act was to give the federal government absolute authority in times of war and other moments of national crisis.
In 1942, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King used the War Measures Act to deal with Japanese-Canadians (who were deemed as enemies of the state). That is, the War Measures Act gave him the power to invoke laws/legislation that would have otherwise violated the existing laws.
In 1942, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King used the War Measures Act to deal with Japanese-Canadians (who were deemed as enemies of the state). That is, the War Measures Act gave him the power to invoke laws/legislation that would have otherwise violated the existing laws.
Creator
Parliament of Canada
Source
Ottawa : J. de L. TacheĢ, [1914]
Publisher
Early Canadiana Online: http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08039
Date
1914
Rights
Not clear.
Format
image file/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Photograph of document
Original Format
Photograph
Files
Citation
Parliament of Canada, “An act to confer certain powers upon the Governor in Council and to amend the immigration act (the "War Measures Act"),” Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2100.