Alberta
Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause
Oct. 7, 2025
OTTAWA — Five premiers say Ottawa’s recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause amounts to a “complete disavowal” of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution’s notwithstanding clause gives provincial legislatures or Parliament the ability to pass legislation that effectively overrides provisions of the Charter, though only for a […]
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