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What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining the rarely used provision

What is the notwithstanding clause? Explaining the rarely used provision

The notwithstanding clause gives provinces or Parliament the ability to override certain portions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years.

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Immigration enforcement visits at highest level since current records began

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London delivery drivers and barbershops targeted as illegal worker arrests hit record high

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Epping migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu mistakenly released from prison deported to Ethiopia

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North Korea touts missile tests as Trump visits South Korea

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Tax energy firms’ £4bn ‘excess’ profits to help poor pay bills, MPs urge Reeves

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Right to Roam campaigners call for access to walk along all England’s rivers

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Urgently set up taskforce to tackle grooming gangs, Ash Regan tells Government

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UK can ‘defy’ gloomy forecasts despite productivity problems, says Chancellor

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MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case

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John Swinney to ask if Holyrood is strong enough to stand up to Reform ‘threat’

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Government’s aid cuts will threaten UK national security, say MPs

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Scottish minister criticises ‘lack of engagement’ on asylum seeker barracks plan

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Britain can ‘defy’ poor economic forecasts, says Chancellor

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214 held by immigration enforcement for working illegally in Northern Ireland

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Immigration enforcement visits at highest level since current records began

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Tories call for national child cruelty register to protect victims of abuse

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Chinese embassy decision will consider ‘all relevant issues’, says minister

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