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Judicial Review Notwithstanding the Charter’s “Notwithstanding” Clause? Yes, Says Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal

On August 11, 2025, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) released a major decision about section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), which is colloquially referred to ...
World Socialist Web Site

Sharp lurch of official Canadian politics to the right expressed in increasing use of anti-democratic “notwithstanding clause”

The Bloc Québécois (BQ) took advantage of a recent “opposition day” in the federal parliament to table a motion calling on the House of Commons to “remind the [Justin Trudeau-led Liberal] government ...
The Conversation

Notwithstanding the notwithstanding clause, the Charter is everyone’s business

Kerri Anne Froc has received funding for constitutional research from SSHRC and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Jason MacLean does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...
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Override or overreach? Canada’s notwithstanding clause

The notwithstanding clause back is under the spotlight. Copies of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Credit: Marc Lostracci / https://commons.wikimedia.org ...