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The ability to enact money bills (i.e., that appropriate funds or impose taxes) is also limited in the House of Commons in that they need a royal recommendation; meaning they can only pass 3rd Reading if the Government (i.e., Cabinet) agrees to it.

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Female mayors experience political violence at a much higher rate than their male counterparts, according to a new study.

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One of the best humans I’ve ever known.

In the shadow of the challenges our world faces today, we need more people like Darren.

Perhaps the best tribute we can pay is to be more like him. #abpoli

I think you mean the *brightest* tools in the shed.

... preemptively removes their ability to overturn the contract through *legal* strike action.

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It is valid in the sense that it is legal.

There is generally no right to strike when a valid collective agreement is in force. Such events are “wildcat strikes” and there can be penalties imposed and disciplinary action taken when this happens.

My bad. You are correct.

Interestingly, at the time that Act was enacted, there was so little Charter jurisprudence, the legislature had no way of assessing if the Act was at risk.

You are not required to wait politely. Peaceful protests are an essential aspect of our democracy. They, and similar methods, help ensure governments don’t implement policies people oppose.

But a government going in a direction many, or even most, people dislike isn’t necessarily fascist.

I would say time for *Albertans* to show up. When it becomes clear that voters will punish a government electorally if a course of action isn’t reversed, a reversal happens. Albertans who value this Charter right need to stand up, and not just hope that others will.

I don’t feel that any provincial premier is fascist. I think this term (and equivalents on the other side of the political spectrum) is overused, especially on social media, and is not helpful.

They have access to advisors who know this issue better than I do.

The notwithstanding clause has never been invoked in any jurisdiction to end a labour action. And we’ve seen, with Air Canada flight attendants, that even an arguably constitutional back-to-work order may result in escalation, not resolution.

If, for instance, there is widespread defiance of back-to-work legislation, or other unions engage in labour action as a result of this legislation, I would think the government would want to make sure the public puts the blame on labour. This may not help them achieve that.

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I admit that I am not adept at how one manages political considerations. So, maybe there is a rationale that I just don’t see. Because this looks like it could very well be an own-goal, especially since I understand polling favours teachers in this labour action.

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But preemptively invoking the notwithstanding clause is to cede the moral high ground right from the start. The government would be admitting that it does not believe it had earnestly bargained in good faith, and failed to reach an agreement despite that.

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Unless and until the courts held that the back-to-work legislation is unconstitutional (I’m not guessing either way), the government could claim that legislation was an unfortunate, but necessary, action to resolve an impasse.

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I am not sure why the government would preemptively invoke the notwithstanding clause (if this report is correct). It is not automatically the case that legislating back-to-work would violate the Charter. In any event, it would be months before courts would rule on the constitutionality.

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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

While I have great respect for NPR, I am not convinced it is particularly newsworthy that different pharmaceuticals have different effects on people.

Ambulance uses bike lane to get around traffic

Ambulance uses bike lane to beat traffic

Last weekend saw a lot of road closures in Toronto. Great to see ambulances using bike lanes to get people in distress where they need to go quickly.

The trope touted by Ford and his like that bike lanes delay EMS response times has been proven false time and time again.

#bikelanessavelives

Whether or not there has been good faith bargaining is primarily a question of fact, so it will depend on the evidence in the specific case.

But government cannot just legislate; they have to permit bargaining to occur. And the bargaining must be in good faith, because anything short of that is a denial of any attempt to respect the right.

The answer is, “it depends.” Unions have a constitutional right under s. 2(d) to collective bargaining, including the right to strike. They do not, however, have a right to a particular outcome. So, back-to-work legislation *can* be consistent with the Charter.

If fligth attendants can refuse a back-to-work order, I suspect that teachers, who already have demonstrated a strong willingness to fight even without any strike pay, may respond to a s. 33 override of their collective bargaining rights by engaging in a wildcat strike.

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The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.

To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”

It shows up as “removed by author.”

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

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How the Ostrich Farm Cull Has Unleashed Threats of Violence | The Tyee The CFIA union head says members and their families are being threatened.

Violent threats against government workers and businesses and a shocking physical attack on an elderly neighbour of the farm have highlighted how tensions around a CFIA-ordered cull of hundreds of ostriches have taken a very dark turn.

@jenstden.bsky.social reports. #canpoli