Notwithstanding clause won't stop court challenges of Alberta trans laws, groups say

Doctors and 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy groups challenging Alberta laws affecting transgender people say they aren't backing down, ...
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Notwithstanding clause won't stop court challenges of Alberta trans laws: groups

Doctors and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups challenging Alberta laws affecting transgender people say they aren't backing down after ...

Alberta may invoke notwithstanding clause on transgender laws

A leaked government memo is raising concerns Alberta may invoke the notwithstanding clause to get around constitutional ...
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Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo

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 ...

If the notwithstanding clause is the nuclear option, Ottawa should respond proportionately

Constitutional scholars concurred. It “will rarely be used,” predicted former Supreme Court justice Gérard La Forest. “The ...

Alberta looks to use notwithstanding clause on 3 transgender laws

The Alberta government is looking to use the notwithstanding clause to amend three laws introduced last year that affect transgender youth, according to a leaked government memo. The move is drawing ...
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Fraser says request for limits on notwithstanding clause not just about Quebec

The federal government’s request to Canada’s top court for limits on the notwithstanding clause isn’t only about Quebec’s ...

Kerry Sun: Carney invites the Supreme Court to rewrite the Constitution — at democracy's ...

The Charter's notwithstanding clause exists to keep judges from usurping elected legislators. The feds want to take that away ...
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In the news today: Alberta to use notwithstanding power in trans laws

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws ...
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STATEMENT – CMA calls on Alberta government to refrain from using notwithstanding clause ...

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 19, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding ...
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EDITORIAL: Carney’s playing with constitutional fire

Fraser indicated he wants limits on provincial use of Section 33 of the Constitution. The clause was a political escape hatch that put an end to interminable legal wrangling and, in 1982, finally ...