Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he'll ensure multiple-murderers die in jail by becoming the first Canadian prime minister to override Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause.

Advocacy groups are attempting a new legal strategy to combat an Alberta law that prohibits doctors from providing ...

Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that his government is prepared to use the so-called “notwithstanding clause” to require doctors trained in that Canadian province to start their ...

Activists express their concern over the increasing use of the notwithstanding clause to roll back 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in western provinces.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing to use the notwithstanding clause to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences for mass murderers — a practice the Supreme Court of Canada has ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild. Frustrating. Invigorating. Those are the three words Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi used to describe a pivotal year.

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 word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...

The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith said it was needed because of the size of the ...

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