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What is Canada's notwithstanding clause? And why Pierre Poilievre wants to use it
As Canadians are set to mark the 43rd anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Thursday, Pierre Poilievre ...
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Constitutional Meaning in the Shadow of the Articles of Confederation
Today, the Articles are ignored as a false start. That’s a mistake. The Constitution was an explicit attempt to form a union ...
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Reading Between the Battle Lines of the Constitution: An Annotated Guide
Critics of the Tea Party point to this clause in the original constitution as proof that the Tea Party wants to take the country backwards, but Tea Party constitutionalists, for the most part ...
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The courts voided parliament’s intent and interpretation by our election and registration agencies in our residency cases
Secondly, I gather from her ruling that the Canadian case Frank & Duong v Attorney-General of Canada [2019], which ... in a way that avoids raising constitutional problems or producing absurd ...