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The Alberta Teachers’ Association has filed a constitutional challenge of a provincial government law that forced educators across the province back to work and imposed a new contract.
At a Thursday news conference in Edmonton, ATA president Jason Schilling said the application, filed in Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench, also seeks an injunction against the Back to School Act, which is also called Bill 2.
The association wants the court to pause “some or all” of the effects of Bill 2 while it hears the constitutional challenge, according to the court application. The bill used the notwithstanding clause to shield the government from legal challenges.
“Let's call this what it is — it is abuse of power,” Schilling said Thursday. “This clause was not used to protect children, or to preserve democracy, or to address an emergency. It was used to win an argument.”