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Attitudes on use of notwithstanding clause have changed, and Senate’s approach should, too: Senator Harder

‘We’re sleepwalking into normalizing a significant retrenchment of entrenched rights,’ says PSG Senator Peter Harder of recent use of the Charter of Rights' Section 33.

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Attitudes on use of notwithstanding clause have changed, and Senate’s approach should, too: Senator Harder

‘We’re sleepwalking into normalizing a significant retrenchment of entrenched rights,’ says PSG Senator Peter Harder of recent use of the Charter of Rights' Section 33.

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Government’s border security bill draws heavy criticism from civil rights groups

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Rocky Mountain constraints: a look inside the G7 summit

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Carney’s sweeping, omnibus bills called both undemocratic, and meeting the moment

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Attitudes on use of notwithstanding clause have changed, and Senate’s approach should, too: Senator Harder

‘We’re sleepwalking into normalizing a significant retrenchment of entrenched rights,’ says PSG Senator Peter Harder of recent use of the Charter of Rights' Section 33.

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