Liberals rule out using notwithstanding clause to restore mandatory child porn sentences

Sean Fraser has ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to reverse a recent Supreme Court decision throwing out mandatory ...

Supreme Court under fire for ruling against mandatory-minimum sentences in child-porn case

The Supreme Court's ruling against mandatory-minimum jail sentences for some child-pornography crimes has garnered ...
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Poilievre says Conservatives would use notwithstanding clause to restore mandatory minimum sentences for child porn possession

A spokesperson for Justice Minister Sean Fraser said his office is reviewing the decision "carefully" and the Carney ...

Poilievre says he’d invoke notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child porn sentences

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if elected he’d use the notwithstanding clause to overturn Friday’s ruling from the Supreme Court striking down mandatory minimums for accessing or possessing ...

LILLEY: Fraser wrong, use notwithstanding clause in wacky child porn ruling

The Supreme Court decision is begging for the notwithstanding clause to be used, but so far the Liberals are to afraid to do ...
Calgary Herald on MSNOpinion

Breakenridge: We should expect robust debate and scrutiny in using notwithstanding clause

Reasonable people can disagree on the clause itself, whether that’s the specific circumstances of its individual uses or ...
Salisbury Journal on MSNOpinion

Desmond Swayne: Should the Sentencing Bill have a 'sunset clause'?

Sometimes being in Government can be pretty miserable. Home Office ministers would have had a pretty ghastly couple of days ...

Parliament could easily draft a Charter-friendly mandatory-minimum law. So why reach for the notwithstanding clause?

The reaction to a Supreme Court case involving child pornography has been completely untethered from the reality of the ...
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Alberta's Smith calls on Ottawa to use notwithstanding clause over child porn ruling

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to ...

A Powerful Tool to Override Constitutional Rights Goes to Court

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases involving provinces using a clause to pass laws that violate the Charter ...
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Fraser dismisses using notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child pornography

Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court ...