THE ELEPHANT: SECTION 33’s NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE THREATENS UNHOUSED PEOPLE – The Community Edition

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THE ELEPHANT: SECTION 33’s NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE THREATENS UNHOUSED PEOPLE – The Community Edition

The winter months are the most dangerous for the unhoused population. A lack of shelters and proper winter clothing makes surviving the elements a life-or-death struggle. Now, unhoused people are faced with a new threat: the notwithstanding clause, which is being used to clear encampments locally and provincially. Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, known as the notwithstanding clause, allows federal and provincial parliam…