Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Cassidy McMackon
Publication Date: November 6, 2025 - 06:45
Former PM Chrétien warns against premiers’ quick use of the notwithstanding clause
November 6, 2025
Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening.
Chrétien, who as justice minister negotiated the clause’s inclusion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1981, said provinces are using it “for anything” 40 years later.
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