“notwithstanding clause”

Saskatchewan’s Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. A judge ruled earlier this year a challenge of the law could continue, even though the government invoked the notwithstanding clause […]

Ontario’s pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in legislation intended to prevent a strike by education workers is a dangerous and draconian move that could have implications for labour negotiations across the country, experts say. The Progressive Conservative government tabled legislation, expected to pass Thursday, that imposes a contract on education workers with the Canadian […]