Canada invokes Emergencies Act first time in 50 years to quell protests against COVID restrictions
World | February 15, 2022 10:21 ISTThe Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in the 1980s, defines a national emergency as a temporary "urgent and critical situation" that "seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it."