An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column.
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" In 1998, Lougheed advocated for a constitutional amendment to prohibit the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause, prohibiting the legislature’s use of Section 33 until “all rights of appeal are exhausted and a final judicial determination is rendered.”"

Absolutely not what Smith said.

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

Every day, I become more convinced that populists are more lazy than crazy.

Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.

Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.

The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.

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