From use of notwithstanding clause against teachers to shoddy recall legislation, government taking flak from all side

It seems some politicians have forgotten their actions have consequences.

The Alberta government’s recent decision not only to force striking public school teachers back to work but also unilaterally impose a contract on them is the most glaring example of this in recent political history.

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It’s not only what the government did but also how.

Pre-emptive use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause has rightly caused alarm bells to go off, topped off with concern about how else the the province would choose to use it.

It’s bad enough that the province would actively suppress a number of Charter rights to stop the strike, or that it wouldn’t eve

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