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Spurred on by use of the controversial clause in recent years, Ontario PSG Senator Peter Harder says his motion to have the Red Chamber express opposition to the use of the Charter of Rights’ notwithstanding clause in future government legislation is aimed at sparking debate and reflection, and hopefully changes to how the Senate weighs any such future bills. Harder tabled his motion last May, and spoke to it for the first time on Sept.
In Ontario, it was used in the Ford government’s Keeping Students in Class Act, which sought to preemptively stop a school union strike, but was later repealed and nullified. And in Quebec, the clause was invoked in passing Bill 96, which amended the Charter of the French Language to further limit use of English by adding new French-language requirements related to government services and businesses. A number of past uses of the clause in Quebec are set to expire in January 2025.
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