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During its history, Canada's government had declared the war measures act 3 times. First time was during World War I, second time was in World War II, and last declaration to date took place during the FLQ crisis. The second case is presented in this paper. Canadian Government was fully justified in forcefully interning Japanese Canadians during World War II. There was a national security risk, Canada could not defence it self in case of an …

…the General Staff Major General Ken Stuart stated, "From the army's point of view, I cannot see that Japanese Canadians constitute the slightest menace to national security." There wasn't a single case of espionage or sabotage by the Japanese but that may very well be because appropriate actions were taken by the authorities. Out of all the ifs, buts and maybes mentioned one thing is for certain, interning the Japanese Canadians was an effective solution.