Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces should not be pre-emptively using the notwithstanding clause, because it means 'suspending fundamental rights and freedoms.'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces should not be pre-emptively using the notwithstanding clause, because it means "suspending fundamental rights and freedoms."
Legault was responding to comments Trudeau made during an interview with La Presse, when he said he is thinking about asking the Supreme Court to answer questions on its use. His social media response to Trudeau ended with the declaration "Quebec will never accept such a weakening of its rights. Never!"
Legault's government has made use of the notwithstanding clause twice since forming government in 2018 -- for Bill 21 and for Bill 96, which reforms language laws.
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