TORONTO - Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday ...

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said one-year mandatory minimum jail ...

Efforts to recall several United Conservative Party MLAs are gaining traction following the government’s decision last month to invoke the notwithstanding clause and force striking teachers back to ...

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he stands by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to use the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work. Moe says the clause, ...

Students and parents across Alberta are raising fists of triumph as the province’s unionized teachers head back to work following a forced ending to a bitter strike. “I’m really excited to be back,” ...

As the dust settles on the breakneck passage of Bill 2 and Alberta’s first invocation of the notwithstanding clause in 25 years, I can’t help but wonder: What would Peter Lougheed think? It’s hard to ...

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 ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seen in the chamber after the throne speech, in Edmonton, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus ...

The Alberta government is invoking Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — commonly referred to as the notwithstanding clause — in its legislation forcing striking teachers back to ...

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Unions across Alberta have drawn a line in the sand against the possibility of the UCP government using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work ...

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Ligue des droits et libertés jointly criticized the Alberta government’s announced intention to ...