Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government has invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause to protect from legal ...

Premier Danielle Smith and other government ministers talk about the passing of Bill 2, which invoked the notwithstanding clause in forcing teachers back to work. (Credit: Greg Southam) I have a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alberta government has invoked the notwithstanding clause to protect three new laws from any constitutional challenges. Debate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2:04 Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause again to stop court challenges of transgender laws The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to protect from legal challenge a ...

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 ...