[Snowyman]

Candor, WMA was replaced by :

The Emergencies Act is an Act of the Government of Canada to authorize the taking of special temporary measures to ensure safety and security during national emergencies and to amend other Acts in consequence there of the Parliament of Canada.

It received Royal Assent on July 21, 1988, replacing the War Measures Act.

The Emergencies Act differs from the War Measures Act in two important ways:

1. A declaration of an emergency by the Cabinet must be reviewed by Parliament
2. Any temporary laws made under the Act are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Thus any attempt by the government to suspend the civil rights of Canadians, even in an emergency, will be subject to the “reasonable and justified” test under section 1 of the Charter.

[Candor7]

Thanks for the update on WMA to EMA. However, it is good to point out that the functional equivalent of the US Patriot Act in Canada is still a statute which is invoked without a preliminary parliamentary debate, and the various politicaal wheeling and dealing that occured in the USA.

We Canadians who believe that we are superior to the US in areas of personal freedom simply need to know the truth of the matter, before casting stones at the "Patriot Act. We could have its equivalent in Canda so fast that it could happen in 24 hours , subject to parliamentary review, but by then , boots would be on the ground and troops on the move.

Smugness often is a precursor to ignorance, as I have found in my own experience.