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Opinion: Would Lougheed use Charter clause to end Alberta teachers' strike? Former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed. Photo by File photo /Postmedia Network As the dust settles on the breakneck passage of Bill 2 and Alberta’s first invocation of the notwithstanding clause in 25 years, I can’t help but wonder: What would Peter Lougheed think? THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.
Much has already been written about Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s decision to apply the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to his controversial school pronoun policy. At its simplest, this preemptive move is meant to prevent judicial review of a new provincial rule stating that children under 16 require parental consent before school staff may recognize their changes of preferred names or pronouns.
Article content On the eve of its introduction, we could only guess if the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act would be a damp squib or a challenge to the fundaments of our constitutional order. We now know that the answer seems to be the latter, which requires the attention of all Canadians — not just Albertans. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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