 Outside Quebec, mainly in the Ottawa area, the federal government deployed troops under its own authority to guard federal offices and employees.The combination of the increased powers of arrest granted by the War Measures Act, and the military deployment requisitioned and controlled by the government of Quebec, gave every appearance that martial law had been imposed.A significant difference, however, is that the military remained in a support role to the civil authorities (in this case, Quebec authorities) and never had a judicial role.