Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggested this week that, if elected, he would use the notwithstanding clause to push for some criminal justice reforms, a move that experts say would be significant and historic.
If the Conservative leader invokes the notwithstanding clause, the norms that have prevented its use by a prime minister will have been shattered, Althia Raj writes.
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Pressed on how their hypothetical government would invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause, opposition leader’s spokesperson clarifies position