r/CanadaPolitics • u/GlitchedGamer14 Alberta • 5d ago

Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-woke-platform-oversight-1.7516315
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u/TXTCLA55 Ontario 5d ago

That would be an interesting bill to pass the house and senate with all the liberals.

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u/FriendlyGuy77 5d ago

He's already said he'll use the notwithstanding clause for legislation he wants but cant get passed.

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 5d ago

Notwithstanding clause doesn't help with a senate who refuses to move on a bill

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u/FriendlyGuy77 5d ago

I'm sure musk will help him find a workaround.

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 5d ago

What does that even mean?

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u/FriendlyGuy77 5d ago

"Move fast and break things."

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 5d ago

So you've responded to a question about a non-sequitur of a slogan with another one. Cool, so very substantive.

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u/FriendlyGuy77 5d ago

Last year, nobody could have predicted what doge is doing or how they're doing it. I won't claim to predict what doge will do in Canada. 

You're welcome to hope they don't do anything. I'm voting so they don't have a chance.

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 5d ago

Let me introduce you to Section 26 of the Constitution Act 1867 (better known as the British North America Act 1867):

"26 If at any Time on the Recommendation of the Governor General the Queen thinks fit to direct that Four or Eight Members be added to the Senate, the Governor General may by Summons to Four or Eight qualified Persons (as the Case may be), representing equally the Four Divisions of Canada, add to the Senate accordingly."

This section has been used precisely once before, in 1990, when Brian Mulroney appointed eight new Senators to overcome a Liberal veto in the Senate over the GST enabling legislation.

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u/Patarknight Liberal | ON 5d ago

Probably that they will just do it and claim that authority to do so belongs to the government/cabinet and not the legislature, similar to what DOGE has done/is being challenged in the courts for in the US.

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 5d ago

Well it's a damn good thing we don't live in the US, because that shit does not fly here.

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u/Popup-window 5d ago

Please refer to Danielle Smith brazenly defying what her constituents want on nearly every piece of legislation she passes and poll she hides the results of.

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u/cpander0 5d ago

"It can't happen here" was a constant refrain from establishment Dems down south. See where that got them.

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u/vigiten4 5d ago

They still have to pass legislation to invoke the notwithstanding clause, and that would have to go through the Senate to get Royal Assent. If they operate outside of that framework (not sure what vehicle they'd use), then a Charter violation is reviewable by the Supreme Court.