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submitted 8 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A judge has ruled a court challenge can proceed over the Saskatchewan government's law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school.

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[-] undercrust@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

What would a constitutional crisis entail, and what would it take to get right of the notwithstanding clause?

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

The crisis will be exactly what's happening: Politicians using it to erode protections against marginalized groups. The fix is unknown, because it's uncharted legal territory.

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