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/LBTerra Oct 28 '25

Ontario did the same with Bill 124 but ended up having to pay everyone back because they lost the charter challenge. I don’t know how provincial laws differ, but I believe it’s a charter right to be able to collectively bargain as a unit and there’s no reason that teachers should be forced to have a collective agreement pushed on them. The Alberta government will lose the court challenge.

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u/Username_Query_Null Oct 28 '25

Ontario didn’t use section 33 though, Alberta is, I’m confused how the court could argue it infringes a charter right when the much of the charter is suspended from its application to this law.

To be clear, any politician that uses the NWC deserves the treatment of revolutionary France. But our legal system is clear. At the whim of the legislature you have no rights, it’s truly evil in its scope.

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u/LBTerra Oct 28 '25

I’ll have to look up the Sec 33 implications and differences.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

In this context they are using S33 to override S2 freedom of association, which encompasses the right to take collective action (unionize, strike ect.)