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The threat the notwithstanding clause poses to labour rights

Labour activists fear what the future holds for workers rights as the use of the notwithstanding clause continues to grow in ...

NDP re-introduces notwithstanding clause bill as spring session starts at Manitoba Legislature

Manitoba's NDP government is reviving a bill it says will serve as a safeguard against future governments invoking the ...
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Quebec premier threatens use of ‘notwithstanding clause’ in Canadian rights charter to retain doctors in public system

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 ...
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Sharp lurch of official Canadian politics to the right expressed in increasing use of anti-democratic “notwithstanding clause”

The Bloc Québécois (BQ) took advantage of a recent “opposition day” in the federal parliament to table a motion calling on the House of Commons to “remind the [Justin Trudeau-led Liberal] government ...

Why the Supreme Court challenge of Quebec's secularism law matters to the whole country

What began as a fight over the right of teachers in Quebec to wear hijabs has morphed into an epic legal battle about how ...
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Far-right Alberta government invokes “Notwithstanding Clause” for fourth time in two months, as onslaught on democratic rights accelerates across Canada

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 ...

Alberta Teachers’ Association seeking court injunction over back-to-work legislation

The Alberta Teachers' Association was in court Wednesday asking a judge to temporarily suspend the province's Back to School Act while the union’s broader constitutional challenge proceeds later this ...