Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Saskatchewan Chapter for a timely discussion about the concept of “preemptive” uses of the notwithstanding clause and the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s recent decision in UR Pride [2025] with Professor Dwight Newman (Saskatchewan) on Monday, November 3rd! Register by scanning the QR code...
Clause and Effect: Section 33 and the Constitutional Conversation
Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Alberta Chapter for a friendly debate on the interpretation of section 33 between Professor Eric Adams (Alberta) and Professor Dwight Newman (Saskatchewan) on Wednesday, November 5th! Prof. Adams will argue that constitutional “dialogue” leaves open the possibility of judicial engagement with rights, even...
Notwithstanding Judicial Review: Legal and Political Reasons Why Courts Should Not Review Laws Invoking Section 33
Please join Runnymede’s University of Calgary Chapter for a lecture arguing against the substantive judicial review of notwithstanding clause invocations by Prof. Geoff Sigalet (UBCO) on Tuesday, October 28th! Lunch will be served, courtesy of Loberg Ector LLP. Register by clicking here.
Notwithstanding Judicial Review
Please join the Runnymede Society's McGill Student Chapter for a talk on the notwithstanding clause, with brief reflections on free speech in academia, by Prof. Geoff Sigalet (UBCO) on Friday, October 3rd! Prof. Sigalet will make the legal and political case against the judicial review of laws that invoke the...
The Notwithstanding Clause and the Rule of Law
Emergencies, Absolute Rights And The Legitimacy Of The Notwithstanding Clause
Law & Freedom 2020: Bill 21, The Notwithstanding Clause, and Section 28 of the Charter
At Law and Freedom 2020, the annual conference of the Runnymede Society, Dr. Geoffrey Sigalet (McGill University), Prof. Bruce Pardy (Queen's University), and Dr. Leonid Sirota (Auckland University of Technology) participated in a panel discussion on Bill 21, the notwithstanding clause, and section 28 of the Charter.The discussion was moderated...
Notwithstanding Clause: Dead Letter or Loaded Gun?
Recorded on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's 2019 Law & Freedom conference. Featuring Andrew Coyne, Carissima Mathen, Emmet Macfarlane, Dwight Newman and Geoff Sigalet (moderator). In September 2018, the Government of Ontario proposed the use of the notwithstanding clause to override a court decision that invalidated legislation...
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