Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he'll ensure multiple-murderers die in jail by becoming the first Canadian prime minister to override Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause.

Advocacy groups are attempting a new legal strategy to combat an Alberta law that prohibits doctors from providing ...

Activists express their concern over the increasing use of the notwithstanding clause to roll back 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in western provinces.

Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that his government is prepared to use the so-called “notwithstanding clause” to require doctors trained in that Canadian province to start their ...

A clip of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking about his opposition to the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights has been taken out of context and shared online, with social media ...

The notwithstanding clause back is under the spotlight. Copies of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Credit: Marc Lostracci / https://commons.wikimedia.org ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is vowing to use the notwithstanding clause to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences for mass murderers — a practice the Supreme Court of Canada has ...

An Alberta cabinet minister says the provincial government invoked the notwithstanding clause in ending the teachers' strike to potentially save hundreds of millions of dollars that could have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild. Frustrating. Invigorating. Those are the three words Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi used to describe a pivotal year.

The Bloc Québécois (BQ) took advantage of a recent “opposition day” in the federal parliament to table a motion calling on the House of Commons to “remind the [Justin Trudeau-led Liberal] government ...

Kerri Anne Froc has received funding for constitutional research from SSHRC and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Jason MacLean does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...