Value Subtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoPoilievre says he'll use notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple-murderers die in prisonwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
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minus-squareArchangel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 days agoSeriously. That option needs to be removed from the Charter. I haven’t heard one instance where it was used in a positive way. It’s always to do something that violates someone else’s rights.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoI’d like to do this illegal, immoral and unconstitutional thing, but I’d like to not get sued for it. One notwithstanding clause please!
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days agoOr at least make it require some very large proportion of votes to pass a bill with the clause in it.
Seriously. That option needs to be removed from the Charter. I haven’t heard one instance where it was used in a positive way. It’s always to do something that violates someone else’s rights.
I’d like to do this illegal, immoral and unconstitutional thing, but I’d like to not get sued for it. One notwithstanding clause please!
Or at least make it require some very large proportion of votes to pass a bill with the clause in it.