Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to protect transgender laws from court challenges
November 19, 2025
For the second time in three weeks Alberta's government is invoking the Charter's notwithstanding clause, this time to protect its trio of laws impacting transgender youth and adults. Three legal challenges have been filed since the government's bills passed late last year, and Premier Danielle Smith says she's not willing to wait out the uncertainty of protracted court fights, saying children’s health is at stake.
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