1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
... that it is of limited effective use in Canadian politics. In the last hundred years, Canada's use of the judiciary branch of government for adjudication has created a means for the protection and sustenance of fundamental rights and freedoms. The removal of section 33 of the Constitution would leave interpretation of legislation entirely up to the courts, and effectively make Canada a judiciary ... executive branch of government? Parliament is also capable of passing detrimental legislature, in which the notwithstanding clause would give them the ability to override the court's recogniti...
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