When I returned to Canada in 1981, after having lived in the United States for 15 years, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was in the process of what was called “repatriating” the Canadian ...
Alberta has invoked the notwithstanding clause to end a teachers' strike. Here's what you need to know about the history of this mechanism to override Charter rights and freedoms, and how it works.
Québec Premier François Legault has introduced a draft constitution for the province in the legislature. The problem is, ...
The New Brunswick government is taking a pass on one of the biggest legal cases on Charter rights in Canada in years. The ...
The constitutional debate continues to stir in the National Assembly. While Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez says he is ...
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Ottawa’s end run around the Constitution
The federal government asks the Supreme Court to constrain the notwithstanding clause rather than go through the bother of ...
Johanne Poirier, the Peter Mackell Chair in Federalism at McGill’s Faculty of Law, says that while a single provincial ...
How else can Canada, as she urged, “stop dividing Canadians along the lines of colonizer and colonize except by getting rid ...
How do you retool “What the Constitution Means to Me” for those unfamiliar with the U.S. Constitution? Consult Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. By Aisling Murphy Reporting from Toronto. “What ...
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