Section 33

• ‘Good chance’ new Quebec language bill will include notwithstanding clause: Legault

  The notwithstanding clause allows governments to adopt laws that violate Canadians' fundamental freedoms such as freedom of thought and religion.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2021
  
• N.B. education minister open to removing notwithstanding clause from mandatory vaccination bill

  "If the only obstacle between the Liberals offering support for this legislation is there's an obstacle, then I'd certainly be happy to look at having it taken out." 

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2019
  
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• Ontario didn’t drop the constitutional ‘nuclear bomb’ — but Doug Ford isn’t disarming it, either

  The threatened use of the notwithstanding clause isn't a bug in a bumbling process, but a feature, Matt Gurney says.

  Commentary

  Sep 19, 2018
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• Roy Green: Activist judges should face a notwithstanding override

  Roy Green recalls his 1995 chat with former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa, whose government used the notwithstanding clause to uphold the province's French language law.

  Sep 12, 2018
• Doug Ford plans to invoke notwithstanding clause. So what happens next?

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to use the nuclear option in his battle to cut the size of Toronto city council. So what happens now?

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2018
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to invoke notwithstanding clause. Here’s what you need to know

  Here is what you need to know about the notwithstanding clause.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2018