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•	Bill C-38: The Civil Marriage Act

The Civil Marriage Act was given royal assent on July 20,2005. This Act gave rights to same sex couples, and allows them to be bound in holy matrimony within Canada. Bill C-38 was seen as an extension of quality of civil liberties to a formally disadvantaged group. The act establishes the definition of marriage for the first time in Canada. It expands on the traditional common law understanding of civil marriages, giving couples of same sex the right to marry each other. This connects to illiberalism, because it wasn't formally in place within canada, and it went against the rights of these people. Now that it is an official a law, it connects to liberalism because they have equal rights.

•	War Measures Act, 1914 The War Measures Act was fist enacted in 1914. This act was put in canada to ensure the overall good of society. The government felt that this act was justifiable because of how server the threat or nature of the situation. They also believed that the War measures act was crucial to protect, retain or secure the principles of liberalism. This act allowed the cabinet to govern by decree rather then though discussion and debate in parliament. The act allowed them to hold anyone who the government felt was a threat with out any evidence.

- Japanese Internment during World War II The war measures act was implemented in canada durning the second world war. Canada enacted this to intern individuals and place restrictions on the freedom of Japanese- Canadians. A vast majority of theses people where born in canada and have no connection to the war. Canada still felt that theses people were threats to the security of Canada and their people. This is an illiberal act because it took away these Canadians rights, selling their private property and not giving the owners compensation was one infringement of their civil rights. These people were taken from their homes and sent to camps where the living conditions were horrible, many families were split, and many ended up dying.

- Application of the War Measures Act during the October Crisis of 1970

In October, 1970 the War Measures Act was implemented again in Canada. This time it was to protect the country from a radical group of Quebecois, who were fighting for more protection of their culture and language,and believed that english speaking peoples rights dominated over theirs. While some fought peacefully, others felt that violence was key. These people started using violence, terrorism or other illegal means to achieve their goals. The FLQ was a terrorist group in Quebec who wanted independence from Canada. When two government official were kidnapped and one was murdered Canada called for the Act. The Government of Canada enacted the War Measures act to protect the citizen from these people, but this also meant that innocent people could be taken and questioned with out any evidence. This is an illiberal act, because it infringed on the rights of Canadian citizens. Not only did it affect people in quebec, but also in the rest of Canada.