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 ...
When a government invokes the notwithstanding clause, like Alberta’s just did on three transgender policy bills, it doesn’t need to specify which rights within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms its ...
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills from legal challenges that affects transgender youth and adults. Premier ...
Danielle Smith prepares to use the notwithstanding clause to shield Alberta’s transgender youth laws
CALGARY — Alberta is set to again invoke the notwithstanding clause, this time to shield a raft of limits on transgender youth — including a ban on surgery under 18 and Canada’s only ban of puberty ...
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