A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government’s law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government’s law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
What would a constitutional crisis entail, and what would it take to get right of the notwithstanding clause?
The crisis will be exactly what’s happening: Politicians using it to erode protections against marginalized groups. The fix is unknown, because it’s uncharted legal territory.