Latest posts tagged with #Notwithstanding on Bluesky
2/7 In October 2025, the #UCP used the "Back to School Act" to force 51,000 teachers back to work, imposing a rejected collective agreement.
They used the #Notwithstanding clause to override #CharterRights, continuing a trend of rolling back NDP-era labour reforms.
3/6 The critique widens to the Constitution. McPherson slammed the use of the #Notwithstanding clause to end last year's teacher strike.
She described Smith's flirtation with #Separatism as "disappointing, dangerous, and divisive," arguing the Premier isn't fighting for #Canada.
6/9 Gone is the feigned reluctance of 2022 regarding the #Notwithstanding Clause.
Citing a Christmas Eve report, the author notes #DanielleSmith is now ready to use the "nuclear option" on any bill that encounters resistance.
Constitutional norms are becoming mere suggestions in the new #Alberta.
Two kids crying on “notwithstanding” claus’ lap.
We must be winning cause this is hilarious. 🤣 Well played👇
#RecallThemAll
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#dissallowance now
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#ableg #yyc #yeg #notwithstanding #withstanding #canada #transrights
#notwithstanding Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
Should the Federal Government use #Section90 of the #Canadian #Constitution to disallow the acts that have been forced through by #Alberta and #Quebec using the #notwithstanding clause? #Canada #Cndpoli www.constitutionalstudies.ca/ccs-term/res...
1/8
🇨🇦 🚨ALBERTA'S "EXTREMIST" FALL SITTING 🚨 🇨🇦
It ended with landmark legislation raising questions about where political authority ends & the #RuleOfLaw begins.
The #UCP invoked the #Notwithstanding clause 4 times to shield laws from courts.
Jack Farrell reports
#AbLeg #Alberta #CdnPoli #AbPoli
Meanwhile, the same numpties keep invoking the #NotWithStanding clause saying something like, “you shouldn’t have included it if you didn’t want us to use it!”
#ABPoli
No thank you. #firetheucp #alberta #notwithstanding #antitransbills #cowards
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Chugabeer is a liar.
No thank you. #firetheucp #alberta #notwithstanding #antitransbills #cowards
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Utterly reprehensible and an absolute abuse of power. Albertans and Canadians should be outraged!!
#Albeta #UCP #Notwithstanding #AbuseOfPower #TransRights
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Cat with fist that says. “Every day in Berta” “how ducking dare you Smith”
2/8 The tally is staggering.
The #UCP is invoking the #Notwithstanding clause to block constitutional challenges against:
👉 the trans health care ban,
👉 the school pronouns law,
👉 the ban on trans women in sports, &
👉 the imposed teachers’ contract.
Five potential cases, pre-emptively nuked.
It’s been hard to keep track of how many legal challenges and active court proceedings the #UCP government has tried to quash or pre-emptively block in the last six weeks, but let’s try to tally ... #notwithstanding #DanielleSmith
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Former Premier of #Alberta #Kenney says #RECALLPETITION is being #misused and is being abused against its intended purpose.
LET’S ASK HIM: you mean like the UCP USE OF THE
#NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE⁉️
#Alberta #UCP #CDNPOLI #cdnpoli #abpoli #ABpoli
3/8 Chapman isn't backing down.
She argues her stance aligned with the "wishes of the majority" of constituents who implored her to support teachers.
The backdrop? The UCP's controversial use of the #Notwithstanding clause to force striking educators back to work.
Does she have the balls?
Show us your balls, Dani!
(👊Since she’s so concerned about what’s in peoples pants 🏳️⚧️💪)
#ableg #abpoli #stopsmith #totalrecall #notwithstanding
*uggg she probably doesn’t
#JasonKenny Funny, I think a lot of #Alberta voters are thinking the #NotWithstanding clause is being misused. This is their response to that.
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1/7
🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH'S COWARDLY DECISION TO INVOKE #NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE ON TRANS BILLS 🚨 🇨🇦
Fae Johnstone calls it a "cowardly decision." By shielding anti-trans bills from court challenges, #Smith strips youth of rights & betrays the rule of law.
Fae Johnstone reports.
#AbLeg #TransRights #CdnPoli
Either #Canada has a #CharterofRights or it doesn't.
Right now, it doesn't. Remove the #notwithstanding clause from the Canadian Constitution and abide by the principles in the Charter of Rights.
Canada is starting to Balkanize.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition www.erininthemorning.com/p/study-in-t...
Let me know if you need a copy of the actual article. (so new the pub date is 2026!)
#ABPoli #ABLeg #TRAHR #NotWithstanding
2/9 The list of targets is significant.
It includes Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, House Speaker Ric #McIver, and Ministers Rajan #Sawhney and Dale #Nally.
Constituents cite reasons ranging from unresponsiveness to the use of the #Notwithstanding clause in the recent teachers' strike.
3/8 What sparked this surge? For many, it was the government's use of the #Notwithstanding clause to end a teachers' strike.
Teacher Melissa Craig says the move left her defeated but inspired to act.
"I couldn't just let it be that... I couldn't just stop there and not take action."
"Mark? I have an idea."
#markcarney #daniellesmith #pipeline #notwithstanding #alberta #politics
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It would be a win/win
#markcarney
#daniellesmith
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