Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter

Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override charter

MONTREAL -- The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter (Canada)

The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ottawa brought forward the request in a factum filed at the court on Wednesday, as part of a landmark case on Quebec's secularism law, known a...

Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter

MONTREAL — The federal government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to set limits around how provincial governments can override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ottawa calls on Supreme Court to clarify the law around use of Charter’s notwithstanding clause

Filing propels Ottawa towards a clash with the provinces, including Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, on core Constitutional questions at the top court