Canada to bring back WAR MEASURES ACT

i knew something was amiss.

what did that goof say.
never let a good crisis go to waste.


[link to ca.news.yahoo.com (secure)]


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'Let's bring back the War Measures Act.’

That has been a common refrain on social media following this week's deadly attacks in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa.

The War Measures Act, which was first introduced during World War I, gave Canadian governments sweeping powers during times of war or insurrection.

It was last invoked by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1970 in reaction to two kidnappings by the terrorist group Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ). The legislation allowed authorities to suspend civil liberties and detain more than 400 people suspected of being involved in the so-called FLQ crisis.

The Act was repealed in 1988 and replaced by the Emergencies Act, which includes more legislative checks and balances and bars security officials from detaining or imprisoning people based on race, religion, national or ethnic origin.

Could something like that be used now? And more importantly, should it be?