The use of the notwithstanding clause could soon be subject to new court guidance, which could impact the way Alberta implements it on its three pieces of legislation You can save this article by ...

Premier Danielle Smith spoke about a recently-leaked memo that indicated the provincial government is preparing to use the notwithstanding clause to amend three laws pertaining to transgender youth on ...

Doctors and 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy groups challenging Alberta laws affecting transgender people say they aren't backing down, after learning the province is looking at plans to invoke the Charter's ...

When the media reported on Wednesday that the Carney government will argue at the Supreme Court of Canada that repeated uses of the notwithstanding clause may be unconstitutional, I thought there must ...

He's asked the Supreme Court to unilaterally amend the Constitution by banning repeated uses of the Charter override — which will only stoke separatist flames You can save this article by registering ...

Well, that has set the proverbial chat among les pigeons. The federal government has finally revealed the arguments it will make as an intervenor in English Montreal School Board v. Attorney General ...

Members of François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government weren't mincing their words Thursday when reacting to Ottawa's intervention in the Supreme Court of Canada's case on Quebec's ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo ...

Mary Mobley is an editorial fellow in media and public relations at The Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation announced Wednesday the upcoming release of its newly revised “The Heritage Guide ...

The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ottawa brought forward the request in a ...

The federal government has waded into the legal battle over Quebec’s Bill 21 secularism law, telling the Supreme Court that it must assess the constitutionality of the province’s use of the ...