Should Canada’s notwithstanding clause exist? Liberal MP says it’s time to debate
The notwithstanding clause is a provision in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allows provincial and federal governments to pass laws that circumvent parts of the Charter for a period of up to five years.While it’s not new, debate around its use has heated up in recent years as provinces such as Ontario and Quebec have invoked it pre-emptively, effectively preventing anyone from launching a legal challenge in court.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s government used it pre-emptively to usher in his government’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, which prohibits public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the job. “When you have the usage of the notwithstanding clause being enacted in such a way that it eliminates rights from people, then it calls into question the very clause itself,” Zuberi said.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has criticized the pre-emptive use of the provision and during a 2021 interview told The Canadian Press he shares the disdain his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, had for its place in the charter.
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