REGINA — The opposition New Democrats have introduced a private member’s bill that would refer any legislation enacting the notwithstanding clause to the Court of Appeal. According to the wording of ...

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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 ...

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The Alberta government has an interesting sense of irony. On Tuesday, just two days before Transgender Day of Remembrance, it overrode the constitutional rights of transgender youth in relation to ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. What a steaming heap of political posturing/fence-sitting Lorne Gunter delivered in his column today ...

On Tuesday, the Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause to protect from legal action three bills aimed at transgender youth concerning schools, sex education, sports, and access to ...

3:53 Alberta Premier Smith says provinces ‘have the right’ to send labour unions back to work Alberta’s teachers were heading to court Thursday to try to get a judge to take immediate action on a ...

Maybe the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s notwithstanding clause went unused so long that constitution “experts” told themselves a lot of fables about it, include one I heard Wednesday. On Monday, the ...

The Alberta government is invoking the notwithstanding clause for the second time in three weeks and the federal justice minister says he’s concerned about provincial governments reaching for the tool ...

In response to the Government of Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause for the second time in a span of one month to protect a trio of laws that affect the rights and safety of transgender children ...

Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he's concerned by the frequency of use of invoking notwithstanding clause to deal with complex social issues. His remarks come after the Alberta government invoked ...