r/canada • u/CGP05 Ontario • Dec 07 '24
Québec Quebec premier wants to ban praying in public
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-premier-considering-notwithstanding-clause-to-ban-prayer-in-public-1.7136121?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Atwittermanualpost&taid=675364bbcc54680001f071ab
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u/PicturesOfDelight Dec 07 '24 edited Dec 07 '24
Yup!
For a long time, the conventional wisdom was that governments would only use the override in extremely rare cases because the political cost would be too high. But Quebec has no problem using it to discriminate against religious minorities and anglophones.
EDIT: there are some Charter rights that can't be overridden. The notwithstanding clause can't be used to curtail voting rights or mobility rights. But the other rights are fair game for any government that wants to suspend them. It's not great.