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Someone else mentioned to me something about a "notwithstanding" clause. Is that the same?"
'The 'not withstanding clause' or Sec 33 of Canada's socialist imposed
Constitution or Charter gives individual provinces the right to opt out of Court decisions founded upon same.
The Quebec (provincial or 'state') law cited is more like a 'launching pad' for invocation of this proviso.
Note that the hypocritical Liberals whine non-stop that every single word of their precious Charter is sacred while:
1. equating any mention of Sec 33 with veritable treason.
2. so successfully intimidating the provinces that they never invoke it.
3. applauding their hand-picked Judicial hacks whenever they 'read in' imagined 'rights' which aren't mentioned and ever some that Parliament - the peoples' duly elected representatives - specifically deemed not to include!