Quebec’s Minister of the French language Jean-François Roberge tabled a new bill to renew the notwithstanding clause on the French language protection law Bill 96, pushing back against critics on the ...
Canadian politicians are beginning to use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause more than ever expected, raising questions about when it’s legitimate to override rights guaranteed by the Charter ...
Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause on Monday as it introduced legislation to force striking teachers back to work. Here's a quick primer on the rarely-used mechanism, and why it matters. The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justice Minister Matt Wiebe speaks during question period at the Manitoba Legislature on Wednesday, after he reintroduced ...
Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that his government is prepared to use the so-called “notwithstanding clause” to require doctors trained in that Canadian province to start their ...
Tom Axworthy says he is no longer surprised when he learns that a provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overturn or pre-empt a ...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has used the Canadian Constitution’s notwithstanding clause for blatantly political purposes. The province’s Progressive Conservative government has passed a bill limiting ...
Thumping their desks and shouting “Hear, hear!,” the legislators of Alberta’s governing far-right United Conservative Party (UCP) passed Bill 9 in the middle of the night on December 10 after using ...
Teachers' organizations across Canada say provincial governments are using the notwithstanding clause to 'terminate ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette intends to renew the notwithstanding clause on Bill 96, the Coalition Avenir Québec's updated ...
Manitoba's NDP government is reviving a bill it says will serve as a safeguard against future governments invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause to override the rights of protected groups, ...
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