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 looks to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending ...
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Fraser says request for limits on notwithstanding clause not just about Quebec

Fraser said he hopes the Supreme Court's eventual decision "will shape how both federal and provincial governments may use ...

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 ...

Ottawa's request for limits on notwithstanding clause a 'direct attack' on Bill 21, Quebec says

Members of François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government weren't mincing their words Thursday when reacting to Ottawa ...