Predictably, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u0027s comments about the notwithstanding clause drew a stern rebuke from Premier François Legault.
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If he dares even muse about standing up for constitutional rights and reining in the overuse of the notwithstanding clause by the provinces, he knows he will earn a stern rebuke from Quebec Premier François Legault. If he doesn’t, he comes across as a doormat too weak to stand up for the most basic principles of justice in a democratic society.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“We’re in a period of normalizing the suspension of fundamental rights,” the prime minister lamented. “That worries me.”
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