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    public welfare emergencies, public order emergencies, international emergencies and war emergencies. The law replaces the War Measures Act passed in 1914...
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    passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President. The Act empowers the President to activate special...
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  • Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN) Act, which proposed changing the San Francisco Police Code to prohibit the fabrication of racially biased emergency reports...
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    different levels of emergencies: Public Welfare Emergency, Public Order Emergency, International Emergency, and War Emergency. The Emergencies Act replaced the...
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  • Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency "Declared National Emergencies Under the National Emergencies Act, 1978-2018" (PDF). Brennan Center for...
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    at 5:00 pm, Ontario ended the state of emergency. On February 14, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act. The Act gave police extraordinary powers to "end...
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    Emergency Assistance Act of 2021 is an Act of the United States Congress. President Joe Biden signed the Act into law on December 22, 2021. The Act authorizes...
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    2022 Shadow Minister of Emergency Preparedness Dane Lloyd asked Mendicino about the need for the invocation of the Emergencies Act and elicited the comment...
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    third election, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protests (the first time the act was brought into force since it was...
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    The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson...
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