Canadian Football Act

The Canadian Football Act (1974) was a proposed Act by the Parliament of Canada in April 1974 designed to give a government-protected monopoly over professional gridiron football in Canada to the Canadian Football League (CFL). Although it was never signed into law, the move by the government eventually compelled the World Football League's Toronto Northmen, a team that was originally set to play in Toronto, to move to Memphis, Tennessee in the United States as the Memphis Southmen.

Today, there is speculation that a similar act will develop if the National Football League (NFL) tries to expand to Toronto and thus threatens the Canadian league's existence.[1]

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These facts were gathered from the actual debates held in the House of Commons from April 10 to April 28, 1974.

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