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DESCRIPTION:A book launch/roundtable among contributors to the new collecti
 on The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights\, Reforms a
 nd Controversies\n\nThis event is free and open to public\; registration i
 s required via Eventbrite.\n\nThe event will also be livestreamed on YouTu
 be.\n\nThe use of section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
 s\, the 'notwithstanding clause' (NWC)\, has been justified as a means of 
 preserving Quebec’s culture and of promoting its identity as a nation. Yet
  Quebec’s pre-emptive and sweeping invocation of the NWC\, like other prov
 inces’ use of it\, tests assumptions about the relationships between the j
 udiciary\, legislature\, and public.\n\nMISC presents a panel discussion a
 mongst some leading experts and commentators who have contributed to a new
  and important volume\, collection The Notwithstanding Clause and the Cana
 dian Charter: Rights\, Reforms and Controversies (McGill-Queen's Universit
 y Press). Edited by Peter Biro\, the collection examines the NWC from all 
 angles\, considering who should have the last word on matters of rights an
 d justice – the legislatures or the unelected judiciary – and what balance
  liberal democracy requires.\n\nBy virtue of its contested purposes\, inte
 rpretations\, operation\, and applications\, the NWC represents and\, to a
 n extent\, defines the character and the vulnerabilities of liberal consti
 tutionalism. The significance\, effects\, and legitimacy of the NWC have b
 een debated within scholarship and among politicians and activists since t
 he Charter's enactment in 1982. In The Notwithstanding Clause and the Cana
 dian Charter\, leading scholars\, jurists\, and policy experts consider th
 e status quo and potential reforms to the application of this consequentia
 l device.\n\nFeaturing:\n\nPeter Biro\n\nRobert Leckey\n\nJonathan Montpet
 it\n\nMarion Sandilands\n\nModerated by Jennifer Elrick\n\nThe lecture wil
 l be followed by a Q&A and reception. This event is co-organized by the Mc
 Gill Institute for the Study of Canada and the Faculty of Law at McGill Un
 iversity. McGill-Queen’s University Press will also offer copies of the bo
 ok for sale.\n\nPeter L. Biro is the Founder and President of the democrac
 y think-tank\, Section 1\, Senior Fellow of Massey College\, Centre Associ
 ate of the University of British Columbia Centre for Constitutional Law an
 d Legal Studies and Chair Emeritus of the Jane Goodall Institute. He is th
 e Editor\, most recently\, of The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian 
 Charter: Rights\, Reforms\, and Controversies (McGill-Queen's University P
 ress\, 2024). He is an Adjunct Professor in the University of Toronto Facu
 lty of Law where he teaches Constitutional Law in the GPLLM Program. Peter
  has published widely in the scholarly\, professional\, and popular press 
 and is a frequent lecturer\, public speaker and commentators on matters of
  law and politics. He was\, for many years a leading member of the litigat
 ion bar of Ontario and was a partner at WeirFoulds LLP and Goodman and Car
 r LLP. Peter obtained an Honours B.A. in political science at the Universi
 ty of Guelph\, his M.A. in political theory from McMaster University\, and
  his LLB and BCL at McGill University.\n\nRobert Leckey is dean and Samuel
  Gale Professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University\, where he teac
 hes and researches in constitutional law and family law. He served as dire
 ctor of the Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law from
  August 2014 to June 2016. He is editor of a collection entitled After Leg
 al Equality: Family\, Sex\, Kinship (Routledge\, 2015). His monograph Bill
 s of Rights in the Common Law appeared in Cambridge University Press’s Stu
 dies in Constitutional Law in 2015.\n\nJonathan Montpetit is a senior inve
 stigative journalist with CBC News\, where he covers social movements and 
 democracy. He holds graduate degrees in political science from the London 
 School of Economics and McGill University. In 2021\, he was a Southam Jour
 nalism Fellow at Massey College.\n\nMarion Sandilands practices civil liti
 gation\, constitutional and administrative law at Conway Litigation in Ott
 awa. She has appeared before multiple courts including the Supreme Court o
 f Canada. After her call to the bar\, she served as a law clerk to the Hon
 . Yves De Montigny (now Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal) and 
 the Hon. Andromache Karakatsanis at the Supreme Court of Canada. She teach
 es Constitutional Law at the University of Ottawa. She speaks and has publ
 ished on matters of constitutional\, public\, and administrative law. She 
 has provided expert comments on constitutional issues for the David Asper 
 Centre for Constitutional Rights (University of Toronto)\, the Centre for 
 Constitutional Studies (University of Alberta)\, and for the Toronto Star 
 and Global News. A proud Montrealer by birth\, she is a graduate of McGill
  University’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Law.\n
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LOCATION:Ballroom\, Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/notwithstanding-clause
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