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Canada’s “Notwithstanding Clause”

Notwithstanding Clause

By Peter L. Biro What is The Notwithstanding Clause In 1982, Canada amended its Constitution, patriating it from the UK Parliament and entrenching basic civil liberties in a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter).  Section 33 of the Charter - the “notwithstanding clause” (NWC) -  allows Parliament or a provincial legislature to pass an... Continue Reading →

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Seymour Martin Lipset – Continental Divide

Let us get past the surface level topics which Continental Divide revolves. It is easy to become distracted in Lipset’s depiction of Canada and America. He recognized both societies had undergone dramatic change throughout the twentieth century that transformed their political images. The book is now thirty years old. It’s almost as old as I... Continue Reading →

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