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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In Alberta, the government seems poised to use the notwithstanding clause to defend laws that govern the use of pronouns in schools, female sports and gender-affirming health care. If applied, it ...

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo ...

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