Lost liberties: the War Measures Act

Abstract

"Exploring the suspension of personal freedoms in Canada during the 20th century, Lost Liberties - The War Measures Act sheds new light on the War Measures Act and its impact on ordinary Canadians. The catalogue looks at the internment of Ukrainian Canadians and others during the First World War, the forced relocation of Japanese Canadians and the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War, as well as the arrest and detention of hundreds of Quebecers in 1970. In addition to examining the broad-based fears, prejudices, and political crises that drove these events, this catalogue features the poignant stories of individual men, women and children struggling to adjust to a world turned upside-down."--