[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Agreed. On CBC yesterday they had a panel, one of which included Thomas Mulcair and he made a couple good points.

1) it isn't even so much of the use of the notwithstanding clause, it's the pre-emptive use of it. It is pretty heavy handed.

2) Trudeau finger wags at Ontario, yet Legault / Quebec did the exact same thing with respect to language laws. But of course, because Quebec is politically valuable to Trudeau it's crickets. Another perfect example of how Quebec can operate in this country with one set of rules and the rest of the country has a different set of rules. Mind you, and importantly, Trudeau hasn't really "done anything" to Ontario he has just basically condemned it- but such statement is still stronger than what he did / didn't do for Quebec.

The other larger problem with this action from Ford, is that it opens the door wide open for all provinces to start enacting the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively which is a massive problem. As such yes, it does make sense for the Liberals to do something here (I think). Not sure what though, and it is admittedly complicated.
on the issue of

Did he not say the same thing about Ontario as he did about Quebec? Yap about how he may do something but in reality do nothing?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ault-1.6465090

https://globalnews.ca/news/9253789/t...ntario-strike/