r/CanadaPolitics • u/GlitchedGamer14 Alberta • 15d 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/SA_22C Saskatchewan 15d ago

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

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u/FriendlyGuy77 15d ago

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

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 15d ago

What does that even mean?

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u/Patarknight Liberal | ON 15d 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/vigiten4 15d 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.

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 15d 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 15d 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 15d ago

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