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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 ...
World Socialist Web Site

Quebec government reinvokes “notwithstanding clause” to shield its chauvinist “secularism” law from court challenge

Quebec’s right-wing, avowedly pro-big business Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government has tabled legislation in the National Assembly renewing its use of the Canadian constitution’s anti-democratic ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Clip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking about his opposition to ‘notwithstanding clause’ taken out of context

A clip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking about his opposition to the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights has been taken out of context and shared online, with social media ...
JD Supra

Judicial Review Notwithstanding the Charter’s “Notwithstanding” Clause? Yes, Says Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal

On August 11, 2025, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) released a major decision about section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), which is colloquially referred to ...
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How consecutive life sentences and the notwithstanding clause work

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing to use the notwithstanding clause to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences for mass murderers — a practice the Supreme Court of Canada has ...
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Override or overreach? Canada’s notwithstanding clause

The notwithstanding clause back is under the spotlight. Copies of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Credit: Marc Lostracci / https://commons.wikimedia.org ...
Radio-Canada

Why invoking the notwithstanding clause no longer seems politically taboo

The clause can override certain sections of the Charter. Tom Axworthy says he is no longer surprised when he learns that a provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian ...
The Globe and Mail

The notwithstanding clause is running rampant. Is it time for the ‘thermonuclear’ option?

Sheema Khan is the author of Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman. In its relentless march toward laïceté, the Quebec government is now using a clause in Canada’s Charter of ...
The Conversation

Notwithstanding the notwithstanding clause, the Charter is everyone’s business

Kerri Anne Froc has received funding for constitutional research from SSHRC and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Jason MacLean does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...
Yahoo News Canada

NDP reintroduces notwithstanding clause bill as spring session starts at Manitoba Legislature

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 ...
Calgary Herald

Opinion: Notwithstanding clause never meant to be used to benefit the government

I have a somewhat unusual relationship with Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Its existence is sometimes credited to former premier Peter Lougheed and Peter Meekison, and I sat at the ...
Yahoo News Canada

Recall petitions, notwithstanding clause, omnibus legislation: Alberta's turbulent fall sitting comes to a close

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alberta government concluded its fall 2025 sitting on Wednesday after passing 14 bills. (Credit: Greg Southam) Alberta MLAs ...