1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
The court system was originally established to give formal, impartial judgment on interpretations of laws and settling disputes. ... The law profession is most definitely unrepresentative of regular Canadian society. ... As the law profession is largely made up of white, upper class citizens, it may be inevitable to have an unrepresentative supreme court, but is this not also the case with the executive branch of government? ... The clause allows government to enact laws that infringe on fundamental rights found in the Charter, while the aim of the Charter is to entrench basic rights and fr...
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