1 week ago Les conservateurs votent pour dénoncer les arguments d’Ottawa dans la contestation de la loi 21

Les libéraux et néodémocrates ont toutefois défait la motion non-contraignante du Bloc québécois.

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1 week ago La disposition de dérogation plaît aussi au mouvement conservateur canadien

Le Parti conservateur n’a pas encore commenté les arguments d’Ottawa dans la contestation de la loi 21 en Cour suprême.

Events

1 week ago LEDREW: Canadians should be government by elected MPs — not judges

Continuing in that divisive, virtue-signalling tradition of the Trudeau Government, the Carney-appointed Attorney-General (who, appropriately enough, was Justin’s disastrous immigration minister) has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to change the Constitution of Canada to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. If the court decides to agree (and why wouldn’t it? It would mean […]

Politics

2 w. ago Alberta considers use of notwithstanding clause to protect new transgender laws, while top court considers limitations

The use of the notwithstanding clause could soon be subject to new court guidance, which could impact the way Alberta implements it on its three pieces of legislation

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2 w. ago Josh Dehaas: Carney’s move to limit notwithstanding clause is a threat to national unity

He's asked the Supreme Court to unilaterally amend the Constitution by banning repeated uses of the Charter override — which will only stoke separatist flames

Society

2 w. ago Fraser says request for limits on notwithstanding clause not just about Quebec

Fraser said he hopes the Supreme Court's eventual decision "will shape how both federal and provincial governments may use the notwithstanding clause for years to come."

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2 w. ago Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override charter

MONTREAL — The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ottawa brought forward the request in a factum filed at the court on Wednesday, as part of a landmark case on Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. […]

Culture

2 w. ago Ottawa argues for limits on use of notwithstanding clause in challenge to Quebec secularism law

If accepted by the Supreme Court of Canada, the proposal could create the first ever substantive limit to the use of the increasingly popular notwithstanding clause

Other

2 w. ago Ottawa dévoilera mercredi ses arguments dans la contestation de la loi 21

Le gouvernement intervient aux côtés des opposants à la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État.

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2 w. ago Carney se pose en défenseur de la Charte dans le cadre de la contestation de la «loi 21»

Les arguments du gouvernement fédéral seront déposés en Cour suprême mercredi après-midi.

Events

2 w. ago Ottawa craint une «atteinte irrémédiable aux droits et libertés» avec la loi 21

Le fédéral a déposé à la Cour suprême ses arguments dans la contestation de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État.

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2 w. ago Ottawa craint une « atteinte irrémédiable aux droits et libertés » avec la loi 21

Le fédéral a déposé à la Cour suprême ses arguments dans la contestation de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État.

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2 w. ago Judicial rights group challenges judge’s appointment to Quebec Superior Court

A judicial rights group is denouncing the recent appointment of judge Robert Leckey to Quebec Superior Court, characterizing it as illegal and unconstitutional. 

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3 w. ago Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill

MONTREAL — A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government’s major projects law. Centre quebecois du droit de l’environnement says the legislation gives the government excessive powers and jeopardizes democracy and environmental protections. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the law […]

Politics

3 w. ago OpenAI argues Canadian news publishers’ lawsuit should be heard in U.S.

OTTAWA — OpenAI is set to argue in an Ontario court today that a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers involving its ChatGPT generative AI system should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. A coalition of Canadian news outlets which includes The Canadian Press, Torstar, The Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada is […]

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3 w. ago Lawyers flag urgent need for better funding of federal trade, sanctions agencies

OTTAWA — Several prominent lawyers are urging Ottawa to bolster federal units that manage trade issues, arguing they are under strain amid a surge of activity fuelled in part by a United States tariff war. In a letter to the Finance Department ahead of the coming fall budget, the Canadian international trade and investment lawyers […]

Economics