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Article content QUEBEC — Premier François Legault has challenged Liberal leader Dominique Anglade to say whether she would support the use of the notwithstanding clause to reopen the debate on the language of signs. In an acerbic exchange with Anglade on Wednesday — this time face to face, as opposed to through the media — Legault hammered away at the theme of using the clause, which allows a government to override fundamental rights. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Anglade, Legault challenge each other over notwithstanding clause for ...

It's back. Like the seasonal flu, Quebec's nationalist politicians are talking about using the Notwithstanding Clause to suspend minority rights in the province. Over thirty years ago, that’s exactly what Liberal Robert Bourassa did to protect the commercial signage provisions of Bill 101 banning English from public view. Only after five long “notwithstanding” years did Claude Ryan give English people in Quebec his little illiberal Christmas lump of coal: a two-thirds French, one third English sign law backed up by tongue troopers with rulers. Partly because we all glaze over w...

It is now time to consider how to counter Quebec’s evident appetite for the notwithstanding clause. Author of the article: Julius H. Grey  •  Special to Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021  •  5 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Perhaps the best way to curb misuse of the notwithstanding clause "would be for the Supreme Court to reverse its past ruling that a province may derogate from the charter at its absolute discretion and to set out principles of good faith to limit such legislation," Julius H. Grey says. Photo by Adrian Wyld /THE CANADIAN PRESS Articl...

Article content Prince Philip, whose death at age 99 was confirmed by Buckingham Palace Friday, visited Quebec more than you might have imagined.  The Duke of Edinburgh was a more frequent visitor than Queen Elizabeth, dropping in 14 times, four more than his wife. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Prince Philip (1921-2021): Duke of Edinburgh visited Quebec more often than the Queen Back to video And unlike the Queen, whose stops in the province were always part of tours that took her to other parts of the country, Prince Philip once spent an ...