Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to override the courts in order to slash the size of Toronto City council is singularly wrong-headed. In 1988, a Quebec Liberal government used the notwithstanding clause to protect its French-language sign laws. But Ford’s use of the constitutional override known as the notwithstanding clause does not augur the end of democracy in Ontario. To prevent Canadian governments from being hemmed in by such judicial overreach, several provinces, led by Ontario, suggested the notwithstanding clause as a compromise. He is invoking the notwithstanding clause.

Source: thestar September 11, 2018 18:56 UTC