1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
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. ... Parliament is also capable of passing detrimental legislature, in which the notwithstanding clause would give them the ability to override the court's recognition that the act is an infringement on basic rights and freedoms. Judicial supremacy in Canada will force all legislation to be in context with the provisions of the Constitution and will provide equal protection for all Canadians. ... ...
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