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A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government's law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The notwithstanding clause was guaranteed to result in a constitutional crisis eventually. Hopefully we can do away with it and any crap laws that came from it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What would a constitutional crisis entail, and what would it take to get right of the notwithstanding clause?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

The crisis will be exactly what's happening: Politicians using it to erode protections against marginalized groups. The fix is unknown, because it's uncharted legal territory.