1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
... rights and freedoms for all citizens of Canada. This is not to insinuate that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms should remain absolute in the face of changing realities. Peter Russell argues that in not being able to overturn the court's decision on the extension of a right by means of the override clause, legislature would have to turn to less appropriate ... deterioration of Constitutional principles. An advantage of the notwithstanding clause is that it creates opportunity to consider public opinion on a decision in a way that the limitation clause does not. Peter Russell recognizes...
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