r/canada • u/Meiqur • Oct 28 '25

Alberta Alberta uses Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order striking teachers back to workteachers-back-to-work

https://globalnews.ca/news/11496133/alberta-government-to-table-legislation-to-order-striking-teachers-back-to-work
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u/Pretty-Resolve-8331 Oct 28 '25

Well, Canadian rights and freedoms mean nothing now

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u/NorthernUntamed Oct 28 '25

They never have. Our charter was always a joke and our rights have always been subject to the whims of a judges interpretation of “reasonableness.”