Liberals rule out using notwithstanding clause to restore mandatory child porn sentences

Sean Fraser has ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to reverse a recent Supreme Court decision throwing out mandatory ...

LILLEY: Fraser wrong, use notwithstanding clause in wacky child porn ruling

The Supreme Court decision is begging for the notwithstanding clause to be used, but so far the Liberals are to afraid to do ...

Poilievre says he’d invoke notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child porn sentences

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if elected he’d use the notwithstanding clause to overturn Friday’s ruling from the ...
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Poilievre says Conservatives would use notwithstanding clause to restore mandatory minimum ...

A spokesperson for Justice Minister Sean Fraser said his office is reviewing the decision "carefully" and the Carney ...
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Breakenridge: We should expect robust debate and scrutiny in using notwithstanding clause

It would be cynical, perhaps, to wonder if there’s another agenda at play: the idea that the more other governments use the ...
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Alberta's Smith calls on Ottawa to use notwithstanding clause over child porn ruling

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to overturn a new Supreme Court ruling on child pornography. The top court ruled ...
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Desmond Swayne: Should the Sentencing Bill have a 'sunset clause'?

Sometimes being in Government can be pretty miserable. Home Office ministers would have had a pretty ghastly couple of days ...