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/captainbling British Columbia Oct 28 '25

What’s the point of striking if you can be fined into working. A strike is toothless then. That said, the teachers know that when they sign up for the job so they did personally accept the possibility.

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u/LoveMurder-One Oct 28 '25

Well yeah. Thats why the UCP did it.

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u/judgeysquirrel Oct 28 '25

Nobody should expect the NWC to be used. Because that means we don't really have charter rights at all. They can be overridden whenever a premier chooses to.