1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
In using the notwithstanding clause, legislation may infringe on rights that are included in section 2, and sections 7 to 15- inclusive of fundamental freedoms, legal rights, and equality rights. ... Judges are appointed because of their code of ethics and independence. ... Michael Mandel, associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, maintains that there has been an unfortunate transfer of power from representative legislature to an elite legal profession that creates a class bias. ... The class bias is created because the legal profession causes conservative, class reflected movements ...
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