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Dave Snow

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Dave Snow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph, specializing in constitutional law and public policy.

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Ontario Premier Doug speaks during a press conference, as Education Minister Stephen Lecce looks on, at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday Nov. 7, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press.
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'Pre-emptive' use of the notwithstanding clause is nothing new

Any supposed requirement that the notwithstanding clause can only be used reactively is at odds with the constitutional text, Supreme Court jurisprudence, and the history of its actual use.

Dave Snow - Posted on November 30, 2022
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