Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday that his pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in legislation intended to keep education workers from striking is 'wrong and inappropriate.'
"He was clear that the pre-emptive use of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' notwithstanding clause is wrong and inappropriate, and should only ever be used in the most exceptional of circumstances.", meanwhile, said the premier told the prime minister that allowing education workers to strike would have an "unacceptable" effect on students after two years of disruptions due to the pandemic.
The legislation says the government intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause -- which allows the legislature to override parts of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for a five-year term -- to keep the eventual law in force despite any potential constitutional challenges.this week, with Trudeau previously describing the legislation as outright "wrong."
"We’re seeing right now a clear attack on workers, on vulnerable workers and on workers’ rights. There has to be a response," Singh told reporters Wednesday afternoon. "I'm not going to discuss options here," he said before a Liberal caucus meeting, though there are "a number of different things one might do.""It guts Canadian democracy," he said. "It means the Charter doesn't exist."
"This particular case could present a precedent for provincial governments across the country that might seek to use this to further undermine the collective agreement rights of workers," Green told reporters earlier in the day.
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