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- The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of justice. A parallel experts’ roundtable could be convened to review options for limiting and eventually revoking Sec. 33.
- The issue of how to constrain, if not outright end, use of the notwithstanding clause should be on the agenda of upcoming meetings of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of justice. A parallel experts’ roundtable could be convened to review options for limiting and eventually revoking Sec. 33.
- Whether the notwithstanding clause was necessary or wise was questionable from the beginning, but it was the price of reaching agreement on the Charter.
- Whether the notwithstanding clause was necessary or wise was questionable from the beginning, but it was the price of reaching agreement on the Charter.
- Despite the federal government's rhetoric, the Liberals may be reluctant to seek limits on the section's pre-emptive use and leave Ottawa ‘out of a tool,’ says law professor Howard Kislowicz.
- Despite the federal government's rhetoric, the Liberals may be reluctant to seek limits on the section's pre-emptive use and leave Ottawa ‘out of a tool,’ says law professor Howard Kislowicz.
- So that’s the lesson for all those who oppose the notwithstanding clause. Maybe you can’t close that loophole in the court of law, but you can close it in the court of public opinion.
- So that’s the lesson for all those who oppose the notwithstanding clause. Maybe you can’t close that loophole in the court of law, but you can close it in the court of public opinion.
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