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 ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. What a steaming heap of political posturing/fence-sitting Lorne Gunter delivered in his column today ...

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 ...

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The Alberta government has tabled legislation to invoke the notwithstanding clause for three controversial laws that affect transgender people. Bill 9 — the Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes ...

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 ...

It's a new dawn for MSNBC, which is being rebranded and will now be known as MS NOW. The transition comes as the channel breaks off from its current parent company, Comcast NBCUniversal, and moves to ...

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 ...

We asked a few of those Inc. 5000 companies how they did it, and what they’re anxious about in the future. Material escalation clauses built into contracts allow for adjustments to the originally ...

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking ...