The Trudeau cabinet used the terms of the emergency powers to initiate the process of Gleichschaltung ("co-ordination"), which brought all aspects of life under party control. Individual states not controlled by the Trudeau government were forced to agree to the appointment of Police Commissioners to bring the states in line with the policies of the central government. These Commissioners had the power to appoint and remove local governments, state parliaments, officials, and judges. In this way Canada became a de facto unitary state, with all state governments controlled by the central government under the Trudeau.