Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being 'selective' when it comes to condemning provinces' use of the notwithstanding clause, and is warning against him engaging in constitutional talks with Canada's premiers.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being "selective" when it comes to condemning provinces' use of the notwithstanding clause, and is warning against him engaging in constitutional talks with Canada's premiers.
Trudeau has been highly critical of Ford's recent decision to invoke the notwithstanding clause in Bill 28—an Ontario law that passed last week to override sections in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to legislate a contract with 55,000 education workers and to make it illegal for them to strike— calling it "wrong and inappropriate.
While the prime minister has voiced concerns about Quebec’s use of the notwithstanding clause, Trudeau has also faced calls from both his federal opponents and members of his own caucus to be more vocal and challenge Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s"If the prime minister wants to sit down and have a constitutional conversation with all the premiers, I can assure you all the premiers will be there to talk about the constitutional changes, if he wants to go down that road," Ford said.
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