Premier invoked the ‘notwithstanding clause’ to reduce the number of voting districts in Toronto’s October election
Canada’s largest city is in political chaos, after Ontario premier Doug Ford used a rarely-deployed constitutional mechanism to dramatically reduce the number of voting districts in Toronto’s October election.
The “notwithstanding clause” – which has never before been invoked in Ontario, and is rarely used throughout Canada – is widely viewed as a legal “safety valve”, allowing legislators to bypass perceived judicial overreach.
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