Tag: Charter of Rights
almost 3 years ago
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Doug Ford’s Tories under attack as labour group takes fight against ‘notwithstanding’ clause to t...

As MPPs debate Premier Doug Ford’s unprecedented use of the Charter’s “notwithstanding” clause to limit what unions c...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | By suspending our Charter rights, Doug Ford is suspending good judgment

Doug Ford is making history by becoming the first Ontario premier to override and suspend the democratic protections ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Judges should reflect the people they serve, says outgoing top judge Rosalie Abella

‘Justice belongs to the country, to people,’ says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, in a rare...

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about 3 years ago
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Supreme Court’s Rosalie Abella prepares to retire as her legacy of defining equality seems built ...

Abella’s notion of justice and equal rights was shaped by a harrowing personal story, blossomed in her groundbreaking...

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