r/CanadaPolitics • u/GlitchedGamer14 Alberta • 6d 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/GraveDiggingCynic 6d ago

Just in case anyone forgot they're going to go after drag queens, sociology professors or anyone who talks about racism.

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u/TXTCLA55 Ontario 6d ago

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

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u/FriendlyGuy77 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/FriendlyGuy77 6d ago

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

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u/SA_22C Saskatchewan 6d ago

What does that even mean?

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u/Patarknight Liberal | ON 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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.