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Canada's premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for "marginal reasons" and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chretien said Wednesday evening. Chretien, who as justice minister negotiated the clause's inclusion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1981, said provinces are using it "for anything" 40 years later. "It was not...
TORONTO -- Canada's premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for "marginal reasons" and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chretien said Wednesday evening.
LONDON -- A group of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the start of a defence conference in London, Ont., Tuesday morning, blocking off entrances to the building and locking some doors with bicycle locks.
TORONTO -- Jane Goodall is being remembered by Canadians as irreplaceable in her environmental work.
TORONTO -- Robert Lantos says his mission in producing a drama set in 15th century Europe was to create a visual spectacle that is a feast for the eyes.
TORONTO -- Thomas Mete says he is feeling "great relief" now that he knows he'll be returning to Harvard University to finish the last year of his degree, after a tumultuous summer of limbo.
TORONTO -- As a major funding shortfall looms over Pride Toronto, some prominent LGBTQ+ advocates say it's high time to rethink the organization's corporate partnerships and return to its political grassroots.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is rescinding the digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States.