Notwithstanding Clause Limitation Act, 2025
- Sponsor
- Lucille Collard
Bill overview
Bill 39, “Notwithstanding Clause Limitation Act, 2025”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Lucille Collard (Liberal, Ottawa-Vanier).
Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.
This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.
SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY
What you need to know
The Bill enacts the Notwithstanding Clause Limitation Act, 2025 . The Act would provide that bills cannot invoke the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms except in certain circumstances. If the clause is invoked by a minister of the Crown, the Attorney General is required to table a report in the Assembly detailing how its use can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society and describing why alternatives to its use were deemed inadequate. Bills invoking the notwithstanding clause shall not be adopted by the Legislative Assembly without a two-thirds majority of its members.
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