2sLGBTQ+ groups immediately challenged Sask's education bill, and the Sask. Party gov't invoked the notwithstanding clause, which allows the province to override Charter rights for 5 years. This makes it a tougher climb for the legal challenge, but that case is ongoing: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - ThreadSky

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jantafrench.bsky.social • 82 days ago

2sLGBTQ+ groups immediately challenged Sask's education bill, and the Sask. Party gov't invoked the notwithstanding clause, which allows the province to override Charter rights for 5 years. This makes it a tougher climb for the legal challenge, but that case is ongoing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/judge-pronoun-challenge-ruling-1.7117608

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jantafrench.bsky.social•82 days ago

We asked Smith several times in the past few weeks, and she's said she doesn't think she'll need to use the notwithstanding clause to defend her trans health, education or sports bills. #AbLeg #Abed #AbHealth
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-legislation-on-transgender-youth-student-pronouns-and-sex-education-set-to-become-law-1.7400669

jantafrench.bsky.social•82 days ago

**Spends weekend hitting refresh on work email**

jantafrench.bsky.social•82 days ago

The Alberta legislature just adjourned until February, so the provincial government would have to reconvene the legislature, or wait until the planned reconvening, to invoke the notwothstanding clause. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/check/art33.html #AbLeg #AbEd #AbHealth

kvynall.bsky.social•82 days ago

How did such an anti-human rights clause make it into the Charter.
It's terrifying to know all individual rights could be ended for 5 years. Anti-trans bills are setting the stage to end rights of the LGBTQ2S persons and women.

divergentfp.ca•74 days ago

It was the "compromise" to get the Charter (and the repatriation of the Constitution) passed because most of the provinces wanted to protect to notion of Parliamentary supremacy - the so-called "Kitchen Accord".

djaii.bsky.social•82 days ago

You aren’t ACTUALLY expecting those clown shoes to respond tho right? That would require a shred of intellectual honesty on their part.

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