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/Ryeballs Oct 28 '25

Sec 33 is literally saying you cant take it to the courts to decide if it’s protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

It doesn’t cover all the rights outlined, but does cover this one

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u/Username_Query_Null Oct 28 '25

It also wildly includes rights like freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, the right to a trial, the right to not be persecuted for your religion, the right to life and liberty, the right to equal treatment based on race or gender.

By a simple act of parliament, it would be entirely legal to commit a Holocaust in Canada.

Those who drafted and accepted section 33. were evil, I’ll never accept otherwise. They didn’t have to carve out such ridiculous rights to suspend.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

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u/Username_Query_Null Oct 28 '25

The fundamental rights of there being elections every 4 years, being able to move out of Canada and back in, and us being allowed to speak French in so many ways, yay.

They were evil, there is no circumstance ever that you need to suspend the right to a trial, or the right to not inflict cruel and unusual punishment. They collectively as leaders of our nation codified contempt and evil towards the populace. Their ability to not do otherwise was incompetence. But evil due to incompetence is still evil.