EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo ...

If accepted by the Supreme Court of Canada, the proposal could create the first ever substantive limit to the use of the increasingly popular notwithstanding clause You can save this article by ...

Ottawa’s bid to curb the province’s use of the notwithstanding clause is “way overreach,” warns Premier Doug Ford. Ford, the first Ontario premier to ever employ the Constitution’s nuclear option to ...

Premier Danielle Smith spoke about a recently-leaked memo that indicated the provincial government is preparing to use the notwithstanding clause to amend three laws pertaining to transgender youth on ...

1:48 ‘We’re on the side of kids’: Alberta premier ready for legal fight on transgender health care bill Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding ...

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow interviews former Vice President Kamala Harris about her new book, "107 Days," which reflects on her campaign as the 2024 Democratic nominee for president. Maddow deemed ...

Dozens of Albertans gathered Sunday at Calgary's City Hall hoping to send a message to their premier. Students, teachers, and members of the LGBTQ2+ community are asking the province to reconsider ...

OTTAWA — There should be limits on the use of the notwithstanding clause that is being increasingly invoked by provinces to curtail people’s Charter rights, the federal government argued in the ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers a question from the media during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers a question from the media during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN ...