Teachers' organizations across Canada say provincial governments are using the notwithstanding clause to 'terminate ...

Teacher organization presidents from across Canada, representing more than 420,000 educators, met in Banff, Alberta, on June ...

Benjamin Berger is concerned that a special clause in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms may be used in unjustified ways, to the detriment of the country. "What worries me is that it reflects a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justice Minister Matt Wiebe speaks during question period at the Manitoba Legislature on Wednesday, after he reintroduced ...

Unless the courts reverse a decision blocking the clearing of a homeless encampment in Kitchener, Premier Doug Ford says his ...

Thousands gathered at Riley Park on Friday evening to voice their opposition against a litany of policies by the UCP as part ...

Amnesty International Canada will take part in a Supreme Court of Canada case examining Saskatchewan's controversial pronoun ...

Tom Axworthy says he is no longer surprised when he learns that a provincial government has used the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overturn or pre-empt a ...

Canadian politicians are beginning to use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause more than ever expected, raising questions about when it’s legitimate to override rights guaranteed by the Charter ...

Thumping their desks and shouting “Hear, hear!,” the legislators of Alberta’s governing far-right United Conservative Party (UCP) passed Bill 9 in the middle of the night on December 10 after using ...

Premier Doug Ford said he would consider using the notwithstanding clause to clear an encampment in Kitchener. His comments ...