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When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the notwithstanding clause to prevent the courts from challenging three transgender bills in Alberta, she used the very tools of democracy against itself. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the notwithstanding clause to prevent the courts from challenging three transgender bills in Alberta, she used the very tools of democracy against itself. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade