Section 33, commonly called the " notwithstanding clause, " authorises Parliament and the provincial Legislatures to enact laws that infringe certain Charter rights, provided the law expressly states that it operates notwithstanding the Charter rights in question.
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Early on in the campaign, Ontario MP notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Constitution to override the Charter of Rights on the issue of same-sex marriage, and Cheryl Gallant, another Ontario MP, compared abortion to terrorism.
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But even if the government should fall, it is considered unlikely that Harper could attract enough support to enact a feature of Canadian law called the " notwithstanding clause " to overturn a Supreme Court decision favoring same-sex marriage.
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After being pressed by journalist Matthew Hays on the Notwithstanding Clause question, Day replied " Yes, and the reason I say that is because such a significant number of constituents would reflect concern on that and would want the discussion.
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However, he later recanted, stating publicly that there was no legal route to oppose the federal act ( neither via the notwithstanding clause nor the province's power over civil marriage ), and the government reluctantly acknowledged the marriages.
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Following a Supreme Court of Canada decision of January 30, 2015, which struck down Saskatchewan essential service legislation, Premier Brad Wall entertained enacting the notwithstanding clause to protect the province's ability to force essential service employees back to work.
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Plamondon was re-elected without difficulty in the Quebec premier Robert Bourassa's use of the Canadian constitution's notwithstanding clause to prohibit outdoor English-language signs, and expressed regret that the ban was not extended to indoor signs.
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Using Bourassa's use of the notwithstanding clause as justification, groups such as the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada convinced municipalities such as Quebec flag in Brockville, Ontario was replayed frequently on Quebec television to symbolize English Canada's opposition to the Accord.
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In addition, section 15 and a few other Charter sections are subject to the " notwithstanding clause " of the Charter that allows governments to declare that a law is exempt from the Charter for up to five years, which exemption may be renewed any number of times.
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The decision reignited the long-simmering debate over language use in Quebec : While English-language groups celebrated the decision, the Parti Qu�b�cois and nationalist groups demanded Bourassa use the notwithstanding clause to uphold the " Charter of the French Language " against the court ruling.
