Tom Axworthy says he is no longer surprised when he learns that a provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overturn or pre-empt a ...

The Alberta government has an interesting sense of irony. On Tuesday, just two days before Transgender Day of Remembrance, it overrode the constitutional rights of transgender youth in relation to ...

3:53 Alberta Premier Smith says provinces ‘have the right’ to send labour unions back to work Alberta’s teachers were heading to court Thursday to try to get a judge to take immediate action on a ...

Maybe the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s notwithstanding clause went unused so long that constitution “experts” told themselves a lot of fables about it, include one I heard Wednesday. On Monday, the ...

Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he's concerned by the frequency of use of invoking notwithstanding clause to deal with complex social issues. His remarks come after the Alberta government invoked ...

In Alberta, the government seems poised to use the notwithstanding clause to defend laws that govern the use of pronouns in schools, female sports and gender-affirming health care. If applied, it ...

Bollywood actress Kajol, who has been co-hosting the chat show 'Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle' with writer Twinkle Khanna, has now said marriages should come with an expiry date. During a ...

Half of Alberta adults believe the provincial government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to impose a contract on teachers and order them back to work was inappropriate, the results from a recent ...

Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening.

If ever there was a court ruling calling for the use of the notwithstanding clause, it’s the debacle issued by the court last Friday. And yet the Carney Liberals are saying they won’t overturn that ...

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of Canada’s narrow decision last week to strike down the one-year minimum sentence for possession of child pornography, Alberta’s premier was among the voices ...

NEW BERN, NC / ACCESS Newswire / October 28, 2025 / This September, 1,200 cyclists and hundreds of volunteers took part in Bike MS: Historic New Bern Ride, raising an incredible $1.6 million! Hosted ...