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Poilievre says he'd pass a law that overrides a Charter right. That would be a first for a PM (www.cbc.ca)
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On Monday, Poilievre promised to use the notwithstanding clause to impose consecutive life sentences on multiple murderers. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

"One of the last remaining restraining or constraining conventions about the notwithstanding [clause] is that no federal government has used it. Now we have someone enthusiastically proposing that. That's major," said Axworthy, who is now chair of public policy at the University of Toronto's Massey College.

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[–] Sturgist 8 points 5 days ago

Should. Should.

You just know there's people who don't understand why this could easily turn into a leopards eating faces situation who are going crazy for it. People who likely think all criminals should be hung, period. People who consider themselves upper class while barely making due, and think everyone poorer than them are subhuman.