The Bloc Québécois forced other parties to take a stand Monday on the delicate political issue of the Constitution’s “notwithstanding clause” — a debate that touches on Ontario’s failed bid to force through back-to-work legislation and a controversial Quebec law that critics say violates minority rights.
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That includes, as Deltell noted, the “notwithstanding clause” that was embedded in the Constitution with the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the early 1980s. The motion forced MPs to vote on the appropriate use of a clause that impacts the balance of power between the provinces and federal government, and has been at the centre of recent emotional debates over labour rights and the protections of religious and linguistic minorities.gives legislatures the power to overrule certain individual rights if they are impacted by a given law.
On Monday, New Democrat MP Peter Julian noted that Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government pre-emptively used the notwithstanding clause when it tabled back-to-work legislation last year. The government backed down in the face of a public uproar.
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