| 1. | The Notwithstanding Clause reflects the hybrid character of Canadian political institutions.
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| 2. | Accordingly, the law no longer invokes the notwithstanding clause.
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| 3. | Not all Charter rights are subject to the notwithstanding clause.
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| 4. | However, the concept of the notwithstanding clause was not created with the Charter.
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| 5. | The notwithstanding clause has been rarely used in the thirty years since the Charter was enacted.
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| 6. | In most cases, suggestions that a government will use the notwithstanding clause are politically very unpopular.
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| 7. | See Section Thirty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, aka the notwithstanding clause.
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| 8. | The government of Quebec choose to invoke the " notwithstanding clause " to shield the legislation from the courts.
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| 9. | Outside Canada, Israel added a device similar to the notwithstanding clause to one of its Basic Laws in 1992.
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| 10. | The Alberta position on this is that the definition of marriage changing would allow for the use of the Notwithstanding Clause.
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