Editing Order in Council (section)

===Canada===
{{See also|Canadian passport#Refusal and revocation of passports}}
After the British Empire entered [[World War I]] on the Allied side, an Order in Council was made in Canada for the registration and in certain cases for the internment of [[Alien (law)|aliens]] of "enemy nationality". Between 1914 and 1920, 8,579 "enemy aliens" were detained in internment camps.<ref name="Ref_d">Luciuk, Lubomyr (1998). [http://www.infoukes.com/history/internment/booklet01/ ''A Time for Atonement'']. The Limestone Press.</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], the Soviet newspaper ''[[Trud (Russian newspaper)|Trud]]'' accused poet and university professor [[Watson Kirkconnell]], who was known to be both a [[Ukrainophile]] and a [[publicist]] of [[human rights abuses]] under [[Stalinism]], of being "the Führer of Canadian [[Fascism]]".<ref> "McMaster Professor Führer of Fascists Here, Says Red Paper", ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', 2 November, 1944.</ref> It is now well documented that [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Mackenzie King]] seriously considered acting to protect the Soviet-Canadian [[military alliance]] against [[Nazi Germany]] by silencing Kirkconnell with an Order-in-Council.<ref> {{cite encyclopedia |last=Meister|first=Daniel |title=Watson Kirkconnell |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/watson-kirkconnell}} </ref>

An Order in Council made by the [[Brian Mulroney]] government on 21 November 1988 created Amex Bank of Canada, a Canadian banking subsidiary of [[American Express]], although federal banking policy at the time would not ordinarily have permitted such an establishment by a foreign company.<ref name="Ref_c">Newman, Peter C. (July 30, 1990). "The brash new kid on the block. (American Express Co. opens Amex Bank of Canada amid controversy)" (column). Maclean's, 30 July 1990 v103 n31 p33(1)</ref>

In July 2004 and August 2006, Orders in Council were used to deny a passport to [[Abdurahman Khadr]], a member of the [[Khadr family]] who had previously been held in detention by the United States at [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]], on the grounds of national security. The first was overturned on judicial review by the Federal Court<ref>''Khadr v. Canada (Attorney General)'', 2006 F.C. 727, [https://reports.fja-cmf.gc.ca/fja-cmf/j/en/item/332019/index.do <nowiki>[2007] 2 F.C.R. 218</nowiki>].</ref> as, at the time of his application, national security was not included as a ground for refusal in the ''Canadian Passport Order'',<ref>[https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-81-86/FullText.html Canadian Passport Order SI/81-86].</ref> which was since amended to include the ground.

In July 2017, the government of Canada used an Order in Council to strip ex-Nazi interpreter [[Helmut Oberlander]] of his Canadian citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/helmut-oberlander-citizenship-stripped-fourth-time-1.4220666|title=Ex-Nazi interpreter Helmut Oberlander stripped of citizenship for 4th time|last=Bueckert|first=Kate|date=July 26, 2017|website=CBC News|access-date=September 4, 2020}}</ref>

On May 1, 2020, an Order in Council was used to declare over 1,500 models of firearm to be prohibited weapons, in response to the [[2020 Nova Scotia attacks]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tasker |first1=John Paul |title=Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'assault-style' firearms — effective immediately |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gun-control-measures-ban-1.5552131 |access-date=29 December 2021 |work=CBC News |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=1 May 2020}}</ref> The order immediately nullified the existing registrations of ownership for all the weapons it affected, making it illegal for owners to possess, use, transport, or sell them except in a few limited circumstances.<ref name="rcmp">{{cite web |title=What you need to know about the Government of Canada's new prohibition on certain firearms and devices |url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices |website=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |date=5 May 2020 |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=10 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910175741/https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices |url-status=dead }}</ref> A second Order in Council was simultaneously passed declaring an amnesty period until April 30, 2022, in which time owners of newly-prohibited firearms could have them deactivated, destroyed, or exported to a country in which they could be legally owned.<ref name="jlw">{{cite web |title=Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020) |url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2020-97/page-1.html |website=Justice Laws Website |date=May 2020 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> The amnesty period had been extended expiring October 30, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What you need to know about the Government of Canada's December 5, 2024, prohibition of certain unique makes and models of firearms |url=https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms/what-you-need-know-about-government-canadas-december-5-2024-prohibition-certain-unique-makes-and |website=rcmp.ca}}</ref>