Manitoba has filed its intervention in the Supreme Court fight over Quebec's controversial secularism law, arguing that courts across Canada should be able to issue opinions on whether other jurisdictions' laws — including those that use the notwithstanding clause — violate the rights of Canadians.
Courts should be able to rule on whether provincial laws violate Charter: Manitoba Supreme Court filing
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