Alberta uses notwithstanding clause in bill ordering striking teachers back to work

The showdown between Alberta’s government and tens of thousands of striking teachers is ramping up in an unprecedented way. Heather Yourex-West looks at how Alberta is using the notwithstanding clause in a bill ordering teachers back to work, when students could return to classrooms, how labour groups are vowing to fight back, and what could happen to individual teachers who defy the back-to-work order.

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