Ottawa wants the Supreme Court to curb provincial use of the notwithstanding clause, but progressives shouldn’t cheer. Limiting Section 33 risks eroding democratic accountability and inflaming national unity tensions. Dónal Gill argues the left must reclaim defence of parliamentary sovereignty, even when its uses are politically uncomfortable.
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This is some bullshit. The notwithstanding clause should never have existed - what’s the point of having a Charter of Rights if governments can trample all over it when they want to? Anything that can be done to keep people like Danielle Smith from hiding behind it to energy her transphobic agenda gets my support.