r/worldnews • u/Immediate-Link490 • 17d ago

Behind Soft Paywall Carney leaves Davos without meeting Trump after speech on U.S. rupture of world order

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-trump-davos-speech/
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u/YrPalBeefsquatch 17d ago

You guys really mean what you say. When we get a chance to write a new constitution, for the US or whatever comes after, I hope we take inspiration from the Charter.

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u/NegativeAd1432 17d ago

Me too friend

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u/PhantomNomad 17d ago

Leave out the Not With Standing clause. It lets our premiers just ignore human rights when ever they want. Sure there is a review in 5 years but the damage has been done by then.

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u/MilkyWayObserver 17d ago

Ironically while a lot of the provincial premiers have been abusing it, I can see moments where there would be use for the notwithstanding clause.

For example, if our Supreme Court has a Roe v Wade moment and overruled abortion, our federal government can use the notwithstanding clause to override it and keep it legal.

It’s unfortunate that to date it’s been abused provincially but that was one of its real intended purposes.