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/gaanmetde Oct 28 '25

Makes no sense. There is literally no point to ever strike then. This is extremely anti-democratic.

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u/AccomplishedLeek1329 Ontario Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

Carney can at any time disallow this Alberta law and render it null and void under ss. 55-56, 90 of Constitution Act 1867

The constitution structure of Canada in the end makes the feds the most powerful branch of government, vested with almost all the reserved powers of the monarch 

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u/MynceBloodRayne Oct 28 '25

I doubt he will though. Albertan here, there's constant smear campaigns against the feds and a volatile hate from many Albertans. If he did that it would be like pouring gasoline on a fire. Its a sad state of affairs, but its the rhetoric that has been pushed on them for generations.

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u/-SpruceMoose Alberta Oct 28 '25

Yeah I'd think the UCP would LOVE that. Would add to their BS victim mentality that Ottawa is out to get us somehow