Robert
@robell66.bsky.social
sports Coach, former academic, former pastry chef, former professional cook. won awards at a few things.
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“This is a concerning development given the current state of the world, where authoritarian populism is on the rise…If it becomes easy to override Charter rights at the first instance, then the Charter will soon no longer be worth the paper that it’s written on.”
Parties or governments are willing to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to override rights and to keep the courts from even weighing in on whether their laws would be constitutional or not.They’re not even trying anymore, writes @journodale.bsky.social.
Provinces’ cavalier use of Notwithstanding Clause a dangerous sign | Xtra Magazine
There should be a political cost for using the clause; unfortunately, there isn’t
xtramagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“This is a concerning development given the current state of the world, where authoritarian populism is on the rise…If it becomes easy to override Charter rights at the first instance, then the Charter will soon no longer be worth the paper that it’s written on.”