A Powerful Tool to Override Constitutional Rights Goes to Court

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases involving provinces using a clause to pass laws that violate the Charter ...
Opinion
Calgary Herald on MSNOpinion

Opinion: Notwithstanding clause never meant to be used to benefit the government

I have a somewhat unusual relationship with Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Its existence is sometimes credited to former premier Peter Lougheed and Peter Meekison, and I sat at the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike

Alberta teachers are taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for passing a law to end their strike and for using ...
Calgary Herald

Several lawyers' associations condemn Alberta's use of notwithstanding clause

Several Alberta lawyers’ associations are condemning the province’s use of the notwithstanding clause to restrict teachers ...