Browsing: Notwithstanding clause

Over the last two years, Alberta and Saskatchewan have used a special legal power—the notwithstanding clause—to protect laws that affect…

The second installment of the series examining the use of the notwithstanding clause across Canada takes an in‑depth look at…

While most countries allow for reasonable limits to be placed on individual rights, Canada’s notwithstanding clause allows governments, rather than…

Apparently, Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party have decided they’re going to have to destroy health care in order…

“Child pornography offences are not abstract or victimless. As a former school principal, I have seen first-hand the devastating harm…

“Child pornography offences are not abstract or victimless. As a former school principal, I have seen first-hand the devastating harm…

“Just like a government might use the notwithstanding clause after a court says that a law is unconstitutional, there’s nothing…

OTTAWA — With a short, 20-odd page Supreme Court submission on Wednesday, the federal government struck a match and threw…

“The constitutional limits of the s. 33 power preclude it from being used to distort or annihilate the rights and…