After watching how fast the lockdown occurred in Italy its now obvious that there is a good potential for the same to happen in Canada.
The Emergencies Act gives the government the power to limit Canadians' mobility:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/prb0114-e.htm
A public welfare emergency is defined as one that is caused by real or imminent:
- natural catastrophe;
- disease in humans, animals or plants;
- accident or pollution;
resulting in danger to life or property, social disruption or a breakdown in the flow of essential goods, services or resources so serious as to constitute a national emergency (s. 5).
A declaration of public welfare emergency would have to specify:
- the state of affairs constituting the emergency;
- the special temporary measures the Governor in Council anticipates to be necessary; and
- to which part or parts of Canada the emergency, if it is not a national one, extends (s. 6(2)).
While a declaration of public welfare emergency is in effect, the Governor in Council would be empowered to make orders and regulations concerning:
1) the regulation or prohibition of travel where necessary for the protection of the health or safety of individuals;
2) the evacuation of persons and the removal of personal property;
3) the requisition, use or disposition of personal property;
4) the furnishing of essential services and provision of reasonable compensation for such services;
5) the making of emergency payments;
6) the establishment of hospitals and emergency shelters;
7) the distribution of essential goods;
8) the assessment, repair and restoration of damages to works or undertakings;
9) the assessment and alleviation of environmental damage; and
10) the imposition on summary conviction of a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both, or on indictment, of a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both for contravention of any order or regulation (s. 8(1)).
The Emergencies Act gives the government the power to limit Canadians' mobility:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/prb0114-e.htm
A public welfare emergency is defined as one that is caused by real or imminent:
- natural catastrophe;
- disease in humans, animals or plants;
- accident or pollution;
resulting in danger to life or property, social disruption or a breakdown in the flow of essential goods, services or resources so serious as to constitute a national emergency (s. 5).
A declaration of public welfare emergency would have to specify:
- the state of affairs constituting the emergency;
- the special temporary measures the Governor in Council anticipates to be necessary; and
- to which part or parts of Canada the emergency, if it is not a national one, extends (s. 6(2)).
While a declaration of public welfare emergency is in effect, the Governor in Council would be empowered to make orders and regulations concerning:
1) the regulation or prohibition of travel where necessary for the protection of the health or safety of individuals;
2) the evacuation of persons and the removal of personal property;
3) the requisition, use or disposition of personal property;
4) the furnishing of essential services and provision of reasonable compensation for such services;
5) the making of emergency payments;
6) the establishment of hospitals and emergency shelters;
7) the distribution of essential goods;
8) the assessment, repair and restoration of damages to works or undertakings;
9) the assessment and alleviation of environmental damage; and
10) the imposition on summary conviction of a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both, or on indictment, of a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both for contravention of any order or regulation (s. 8(1)).
